COOP, James Barry

Rank: 
Lieutenant
Unit / Base: 
40 Commando RM
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Born: 
Friday, September 25, 1925
Died : 
Monday, April 2, 1951
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
25
Local Roll of Honour: 
Lieutenant James Coop, 'X' troop, was shot and killed when a patrol he was leading was ambushed about eight miles from Kuala Kangsar, Perak, by a strong force of communist terrorists. Also killed was Corporal R.T. Ryder.
 
Sources
AFM ROH
The Light Blue Lanyard, author Maj. J.C. Beadle MBE, MC, RM.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
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