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VC68   Henry Cooper

BORN  1825

DIED   15 July 1893  AGE   68

VC Won  3 June 1855  AGE 30

Place VC Won  Sea of Azov

War/Campaign  Crimean War

Name   Henry Cooper  No.   

VC Issue No.   68   Awards   VC    

Regiment   Royal Navy

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won   Boatswain

Rank End Of Career   Boatswain

Place Of Birth   Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, England

Place Of Death   At his home, Wellington Street, Torpoint, Cornwall, England

Buried/Location Ashes  Parish Church of St James Churchyard, Antony Hill, Antony, near Torpoint, Cornwall, England

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   24 February 1857

VC Presented   26 June 1857 by Queen Victoria at Hyde Park, London, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, Parish Church of St James Churchyard, Antony Hill, Antony, near Torpoint, Cornwall, England

P  Cooper Road, Chatham, Kent

P  Memorial, Torpoint, Cornwall

By The Way…

He was the eighth man to receive his victoria cross at the first investiture

VC Held By

The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M

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