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Frederick George Cooper

Rank Boy 1st Class
Service Number J 33435
Born 08/10/1898 London Brixton

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Chatham
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HMS Defence

Class Minatour class Armoured Cruiser

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Chatham Naval Memorial

The memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer and overlooks the town. There are 18,623 identified casualties listed of which 8,517 were sailors in World War One. The memorial was unveiled by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII) on 26th April 1924

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Next of kin address 2 Fairthorne, via Woolwich Road Charlton, Kent England Father Oscar Thomas