The Casualty Roll has a Corporal H COOPER, 3058, 2nd DCLI, Wounded at Paaredeberg, 18/02/00. It doesn't give any more information than that. Regards, David McNay ----- Original Message ----- From: "sheri cooper" <sheri.cooper@ntlworld.com> To: <BOER-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 6:25 PM Subject: [BOER-WAR] Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry > > > Hi, > > I am looking for someone who was wounded in the Boer war. > > Henry Cooper born 1872 in Petworth Sussex. > > On the 1891 Census he was known as Harry Cooper, single, age 19 in the > Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry based at Pembroke. > > On the 1901 census he is an army pensioner, married, age of 29 years and > now blind. > > I would like to know if he was sent to Egypt in 1882 and then to South > Africa in 1899 his blindness was caused due to injuries sustained during > the war and if this was the reason that he was pensioned. > > If you have access to the casualty rolls I would really like to her from > you. > > Any help would be really appreciated. > > I look forward to hearing from you. > > Kind regards > Sheri Cooper > > > > ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== > Boer War List Page > http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/BoerWar.htm > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.2/137 - Release Date: 16/10/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.2/137 - Release Date: 16/10/2005
Hi David, Many thanks for the information - it's exactly what I wanted! I have even found the battle that took place in Paaredeberg on the 18th Feb. Kind Regards Sheri ----- Original Message ----- From: "David McNay" <david_mcnay@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <BOER-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 7:23 PM Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry > The Casualty Roll has a Corporal H COOPER, 3058, 2nd DCLI, Wounded at > Paaredeberg, 18/02/00. > > It doesn't give any more information than that. > > Regards, > > David McNay > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "sheri cooper" <sheri.cooper@ntlworld.com> > To: <BOER-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 6:25 PM > Subject: [BOER-WAR] Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I am looking for someone who was wounded in the Boer war. > > > > Henry Cooper born 1872 in Petworth Sussex. > > > > On the 1891 Census he was known as Harry Cooper, single, age 19 in the > > Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry based at Pembroke. > > > > On the 1901 census he is an army pensioner, married, age of 29 years and > > now blind. > > > > I would like to know if he was sent to Egypt in 1882 and then to South > > Africa in 1899 his blindness was caused due to injuries sustained during > > the war and if this was the reason that he was pensioned. > > > > If you have access to the casualty rolls I would really like to her from > > you. > > > > Any help would be really appreciated. > > > > I look forward to hearing from you. > > > > Kind regards > > Sheri Cooper > > > > > > > > ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== > > Boer War List Page > > http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/BoerWar.htm > > > > ============================== > > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.2/137 - Release Date: 16/10/2005 > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.2/137 - Release Date: 16/10/2005 > > > ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== > Boer War Reading > http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/BoerWarReading.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >