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Major ASTLEY JOHN COOPER

Service Number: 52601
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

Date of Death

Died 14 July 1943

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

II. J. 22.

Italy

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1st Bn. The Glider Pilot Regiment, A.A.C.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Air Force Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Maj. A. S. Cooper and Evelyn E. Cooper, of Dundrum, Co. Tipperary, Irish Republic.
  • Personal Inscription "LOVE SERVES"
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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