Forename: Edwin

Surname: Cooper

Rank: Private

Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment

Institution: Cheltenham Training College


Edwin Cooper came from Horsham, Sussex, and studied to be a teacher from 1912 – 1914. His parents were Edwin and Mary Jane.

He joined the 4th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment as a Private and lost his life on 26 March 1917, aged 23. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial.