Ben ROPER

Main CPGW Record

Surname: ROPER

Forename(s): Ben

Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire

Service No: 205167

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 1/7th Battalion

Division: 49th (West Riding) Division

Age: 38

Date of Death: 1918-04-29

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 82 to 85.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: GARGRAVE, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Ben Roper (born 22 December 1883) was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Roper, née Foster. Both parents were born at Leeds, Yorkshire.

1891 Gargrave, Yorkshire Census: 2, East Street - Ben Roper, aged 7 years, born Leeds, Yorkshire, son of Elizabeth Roper, widow.

1901 Gargrave, Yorkshire Census: 18, River Place - Ben Roper, aged 17 years, born Leeds, Yorkshire. [Ben and three of his sisters were living with their grandmother, Beatrice Carr, widow.]

1911 Wennington, Lancashire Census: Lodge Farm - Ben Roper, aged 27 years, born Leeds, Yorkshire. [Ben was employed by Edward Atkinson, Farmer.]

Ben was married to Lily Pawson, née Hodkinson in 1912. Lily married James William Dobby in 1919.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Ben Roper, 205167, W. Rid. R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Ben Roper, 205167, 1/7th W. Rid. R. Pres. Dead 29.4.18.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Ben Roper, 205167, 1/7 Btn West Ridings. Date and Place of Death: 22.4.18 presumed on or since. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Lily. £8 5s. 10d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Ben. Name(s) on card(s): Wife: Lily, born 15.3.89. Address: Chisley [Chiserley] Field Side, Wadsworth, Hebden Bridge.

A short biography of Ben is included in: ‘From Mills to Marching and Back Again – A History of Gargrave from 1900 to 1925’ by Sue Lyall and Donavon Slaven with contributions from George Ingle, Ray Jones and Martin Thompson (2019).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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