236269 Cpl. Charles Frederick Cooper British Army 5th Dragoon Guards from:38 Mossbury Road, Battersea, London Charlie Cooper was my grandfather. He was serving in India when the regiment was recalled and sent to France in August 1914. He was in action at the battle of Mons, La Bassee and Neuve Chapelle, being seriously wounded in the battle at Neuve Chapelle he was invalided back to England. After prolonged hospital treatment, he was discharged as medically unfit for further service. He holds the Mons Star, and the General Service and Victory medals.
Charlie worked as a painter and decorator until his death in 1954 at Roehamton Hospital and buried at Streatham Vale Cemetery, where buglers of the Royal Horse Artillery, with whom he served in India and France, sounded the Last Post.
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