Fred William Couper
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 56305 (formerly 25252 Gloucestershire Regiment)
Parents: John and Mary Couper
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: 28 Clifford Road, Fishponds, Bristol (parents). Lived: The Downes, Wenvoe, Glamorgan (1911 Census)
Pre-war occupation: Office Boy (age 14 - 1911 Census)
Date of birth: 1896
Place of birth: Llanblethian, Glamorganshire
Date of death: 07/06/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: No Known Grave – Commemorated Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Age: 20
Further information:
Fred served with the 9th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers and was Killed in Action on 07/06/1917 aged 20. Fred's older brother John was also killed during the war. The home address differs and the one given for John's parents home was 55 High Street, Staple Hill, Bristol
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.