slick63 Posted 15 March , 2019 Share Posted 15 March , 2019 Came across this news item whilst searching for something else. Apparently the medal was found recently in a bush, minus its ribbon and with a scrape across it. The link has a name of Lieutenant P. A. Cooper, but no service number.... https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/world-war-one-british-war-2625652?fbclid=IwAR0vFgvUCkdfdIAElh6a29zdG9Uk2t2ATbIddCyjvNszmHN-sTJon8LXIgs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 15 March , 2019 Share Posted 15 March , 2019 13 minutes ago, slick63 said: Came across this news item whilst searching for something else. Apparently the medal was found recently in a bush, minus its ribbon and with a scrape across it. The link has a name of Lieutenant P. A. Cooper, but no service number.... https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/world-war-one-british-war-2625652?fbclid=IwAR0vFgvUCkdfdIAElh6a29zdG9Uk2t2ATbIddCyjvNszmHN-sTJon8LXIgs If he was only ever an officer, then he wouldn't have a service number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 15 March , 2019 Share Posted 15 March , 2019 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_q="Cooper%2C+P*+A*"+WO I can't extract another name of an officer without getting hundreds of hits, so all I can say about this one is that it is right for initials only, and not if he was called Philip Arthur or similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trench whistle Posted 16 March , 2019 Share Posted 16 March , 2019 The "scrape" looks suspiciously like a file mark that someone doing a silver test would make, done recently too by the looks of it. Doesn't help as to how it ended up in a hedge though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBrook Posted 16 March , 2019 Share Posted 16 March , 2019 Another suggestion as to the name of the original recipient - Phillip Alan Cooper, Lt. R.A.F., previously Lt. R.E., from Smethwick, Birmingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 16 March , 2019 Admin Share Posted 16 March , 2019 There was a P A Cooper Lt IARO. No other details found, yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 16 March , 2019 Share Posted 16 March , 2019 2 hours ago, DavidOwen said: There was a P A Cooper Lt IARO. No other details found, yet. That was the record I linked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 16 March , 2019 Admin Share Posted 16 March , 2019 33 minutes ago, seaJane said: That was the record I linked Oops, sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergie Posted 17 March , 2019 Share Posted 17 March , 2019 Lt P.A. Cooper, 7th London Brigade ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick63 Posted 17 March , 2019 Author Share Posted 17 March , 2019 On 16/03/2019 at 08:24, trench whistle said: The "scrape" looks suspiciously like a file mark that someone doing a silver test would make, done recently too by the looks of it. Doesn't help as to how it ended up in a hedge though. My first thoughts on reading the article, were that the medal had been pilfered from somewhere and then discarded by the culprit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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