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15 September 2021

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№ 260

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15 September 2021

Hammer Price:
£130

Pair: Private S. Cooper, Somerset Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 29 March 1918

British War and Victory Medals (29403 Pte. S. Cooper. Som. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Sidney Cooper) very fine (3) £120-£160

Sidney Cooper was born at Witney, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Somerset Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 29 March 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.