Cooper, Edward, 1896-1985

found: Cooper, E. D. Edward Cooper, V.C., 2017:page 9 (Edward Cooper; born in Stockton-on-Tees) page 10, etc. (born May 4, 1896; joined the King's Royal Rifle Corps at the outbreak of the First World War; awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at Passchendaele in 1917; he was also awarded the French Médaille Militaire in 1918; after the war he returned to work for the Stockton Co-operative Society; in 1926 he got his first managerial post in the Sunderland Co-operative Society, returning to the Stockton Co-op in 1938 where he worked until his retirement in 1961; during the Second World War he served in the Home Guard; in 1947 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace, retiring from the bench in 1969)

found: Wikipedia, viewed December 11, 2017(Edward Cooper (VC); born May 4, 1896 in Stockton-on-Tees; he was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross for "conspicuous bravery and initiative in attack" on August 16, 1917 at Langemarck, during the Battle of Passchendaele; died August 19, 1985 in Stockton-on-Tees)