A Jacobs Family History

Peter Coopman

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Name Peter Coopman Birth 1 Feb 1922 Paignton, Devon, England [1]
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Gender Male *AKA Peter Davis Ancestor Count 15 Reference Number BR 2293a Reference Number BR-J _UID B8AFA402346043A0954698BB6D3F45FB9E60 Death 16 Dec 1943 Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England [2]
Age: 21y During WW2 Peter Coopman was an RAF Sergeant Wireless operator and air gunner on Lancaster bombers. The Ulceby War Memorial records his death and that of all the crew members of two Lancaster bombers which collided mid air over Ulceby 16 December 1943. Their target was Berlin. Peter was 21 when he died and is buried ( see photograph of his tombstone) Cambridge City Cemetery 103 Squadron.
Source: Post by Phil Kirby
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Person ID I7267 Jacobs Last Modified 25 Apr 2025
Father Bertram Frederick Coopman, b. 11 Jan 1900 d. Between Jul 1994 and Sep 1994 (Age 94 years) Mother Eliza Athalia Minia Davis, b. Between Jan 1903 and Mar 1903, St Marylebone, London, England Marriage Between Jul 1922 and Sep 1922 Hampstead, London, England [3]
Family ID F2336 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Joyce Peill, b. 1917 d. 1989 (Age 72 years) Marriage Between Jul 1943 and Sep 1943 Pershore, Worcestershire, England [4]
Family ID F2337 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Jan 2022
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Event Map Birth - 1 Feb 1922 - Paignton, Devon, England Marriage - Between Jul 1943 and Sep 1943 - Pershore, Worcestershire, England Death - Age: 21y - 16 Dec 1943 - Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S3242] BMD - Birth Index, 20 Jan 2022, 1927 JFM Totnes 5b 199.
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Note that this is a correction to the original Birth Record - [S3241] BMD - Death Index, 20 Jan 2022, 1922 OND Scunthorpe 7a 932.
GRO Checked - [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 20 Jan 2022, 1922 JAS Hampstead 1A 731.
- [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 20 Jan 2022, 1943 JAS Pershore 6c 527.
- [S3242] BMD - Birth Index, 20 Jan 2022, 1927 JFM Totnes 5b 199.