COOP, James Barry
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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
Cemetery/Memorial:
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.
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