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Surname: COPE
Forename(s): Tom Harry
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 39170
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: 11th (Northern) Division
Age: 35
Date of Death: 1918-11-06
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: At West End. A. 27.
CWGC Cemetery: BETTRECHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON – ERMYSTED’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Tom Harry Cope (born 1 January 1883) was the son of Samuel and Catherine Gibbons Cope, née Calton. Samuel was born at Market Rasen, Lincolnshire and Catherine at Salford, Lancashire.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 11, Brook Street - Tom H. Cope, aged 18 years, born Skipton, son of Sam and Mary A.G. Cope.
Tom Harry Cope was married to Mary Ellen Metcalfe in 1911. Mary was the sister of Gunner Robert George Metcalfe (83038) (q.v.). Mary married Thomas Green in 1928.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 12, Gargrave Road - Tom Harry Cope, aged 28 years, born Skipton, husband of Mary Ellen Cope.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Tom H. Cope, 39170, York. R. Dead.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Tom H. Cope, 39170, 7/York. R.; 6/York. R.; 2/York. R. Dead.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Tom Harry Cope, 39170, 2nd Bn Yorks. Date and Place of Death: 6.11.18. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Mary E. £20 15s. 5d. and £0 3s. 10d.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Tom Harry Cope, 39170, 2/Bn Yorks Rgt. Date and Place of Death: 6.11.18. France. K. in A. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Mary E. and children. £0 3s.10d. and £20 15s. 5d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Tom. Name(s) on card(s): Widow Mary Ellen, born 4.4.89. Date of Marriage: 7.2.11. Address: 17, Palmer Street, South Moor, Co. Durham. Children: Kathleen May Cope, born 17.2.12. Thomas Metcalfe Cope, born 2.1.14. Harry Cope, born 23.10.18.
A short biography of Tom is included in: ‘A Grammar School at War – The Story of Ermysted’s Grammar School during the Great War’ by Steven Howarth (2007).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
COPE. T.H., aged 35, son of Mr. S. Cope, 19, Brook Street, Skipton, killed in action Nov. 6, 1918.
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Private Tom Harry COPE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 11th (Northern) Division
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