Albert COPE

Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1

Albert COPE

Private 31647 Albert COPE of 9th Bn., Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Killed in Action Saturday 2nd September 1916, France & Flanders, age 20

Of: 103 Croft Street, Hyde, Cheshire

Born: 1896, Hyde, Cheshire

Parents: Mary Ann Cope and Samuel Cope of 103 Croft Street, Hyde, Cheshire

Marital status: Widower to Ethel Cope (née Taylor) Died October 1915

Occupation: Coal Pit Taken Off, Denton Colliery

He enlisted in: Hyde, Cheshire

Remembered on: La Laiterie Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, VII. D. 2.

Link with Hyde: Born in Hyde

Notes:

Shot in the head.

From the Manchester Evening News, 15th Friday September 1916, page 2, column 7:

Shortly before going to France he had buried both his wife and child within a fortnight.

Of:	103 Croft Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:	1896, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:	Mary Ann Cope and Samuel Cope of 103 Croft Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital status:	Widower to Ethel Cope (née Taylor) Died October 1915
Occupation:	Coal Pit Taken Off, Denton Colliery
He enlisted in:	Hyde, Cheshire
Remembered on:	La Laiterie Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, VII. D. 2.
Link with Hyde:	Born in Hyde