SOPERs who died in World War 1& 2 : Commonwealth

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Australia

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A Soper

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c1891

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Kyneton, Victoria

Australia

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14

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Edgar Alec Soper

Lance Corporal

Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 19th Bn

6 Sep

1915

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c1891

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Fairfield, New South Wales

Australia

Turkey

Dardanelles

Lone Pine Memorial : Panel 64

6

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Canada

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Morley Soper

Private Nr1259

Royal Newfoundland Regt

29 Dec

1915

26

1889

Thomas Soper

Elizabeth

?

Port aux Basques, Burgeo & La Poile

Canada?

?

Gallipoli

?

5

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Sidney John Soper

Acting Bombardier

Royal Field Artillery - 6th T.M. Bty

7 Sep

1916

20

1896

Sidney Watson Soper

Kate

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Russell, Manitoba, Canada

Canada

France

Somme

Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz : Iii. H. 16

8

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Roland Edward Chester Soper

Private

Canadian Infantry Eastern Ontario Reg

4 May

1917

21

1896

Harry Soper

Mrs H

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Port Huron, Michigan

Canada /US

France

Pas de Calais

Vimy Memorial

12

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Russell Wright Soper

Lieutenant

116th Battalion; Canadian Infantry

2 Apr

1918

28

1890

Annon Soper

Eliza Ann

Alma P

Whitby (parents) Uxbridge (wife) both Ontario

Canada

France

Pas de Calais

La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, Vimy : I. C. 3

14

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O Soper

Private

Canadian Infantry Central Ontario Regt

11 Oct

1918

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Canada?

France

Niagara

Niagara Cemetery, Iwuy, Nord : A. 29

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Sinclair Joseph Roberts Soper

Flight Lieutenant

Royal Canadian AF

28 Apr

1944

26

1918

William C Soper

Sarah Lillian

?

London, Ontario

Canada

Germany

Durnbach

Durnbach War Cemetery, Bayern, Coll. Grave 4 H. 3-7

1

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7

John Herman Soper

Warrent Officer Air Gnr

Royal Canadian Air Force 437 Sqdn

24 Oct

1944

?

?

?

Herman Soper Soper

Lillian Agatha (nee Wight)

Toronto?

Canada?

France

Pas de Calais

Calais Canadian War Cemetery, Leubringhen,4.C.12

7

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Walter Young James Soper

Flying Officer

166 (RAF) Sqdn, Royal Canadian AF

8 Jan

1945

22

1923

Walter Eddy Soper

Norma Shaw

?

Ottawa, Ontario

Canada

Germany

Durnbach

Durnbach War Cemetery, Bayern, Coll. Grave 4 E. 2-7

2

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New Zealand

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William John Soper

Private

Otago Regiment, NZEF

15 Sep

1916

29

1887

Thomas William Soper

Janet Bell

?

Five Rivers, Lumsden, Southland, NZ

New Zealand

France

Somme

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, : Viii. C. 14

9

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Norman Soper

Private nr44603

Canterbury Regiment, NZEF

26 May

1918

c25

1893

Felix William Soper

Matilda Mana Sophia Bork

?

Willow Glen, Rapaura, Marlborough, NZ

New Zealand

France

Somme

Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps : V. G. 5

10

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Albert Victor Soper

Private

NZ Infantry, 20 Battalion & Armoured Regiment

27 Nov

1941

34

1907

Henry

Frances Eluiza Soper

Enid Vivian

Invercargill,Southland, (wife) NZ

New Zealand

?

Western Desert

Knights Bridge War Cemetery , Acroma

3

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Terence John Soper

Flight Sergeant 38

Royal New Zealand Air Force, 200 sqdr

11 Aug

1943

21

1922

Algernon Leslie

Jean Winifred Soper

?

Takaka, Nelson.

New Zealand

Malta

?

Malta Memorial : Panel 12, Col 2

4

.

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Victor Henry Soper

Private

N.Z. Infantry

20 Apr

1945

25

1920

Albert Henry Soper

Victoria I.

E.G.

Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ

New Zealand

Italy

Forli

Forli War Cemetery : VIII, D, 14

4

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Notes:

1: Sinclair Joseph Roberts Soper Flight Lieutenant, Royal Canadian AF, d.28 Apr 1944, age 26, b.c1918 to William C & Sarah Lillian of London, Ontario, Canada; d.Durnbach , Germany; bur.Durnbach War Cemetery, Bayern, Coll. Grave 4 H. 3-7
- Sinclair Joseph Roberts Soper (c1918-1944) This graveyard used for airmen shot down over Germany & Austria
- From The Times 14 Aug 1944 : S J R Soper Flt Lt ; Missing believed killed in action [recorded above as died 28 Apr] : The Times 12 Jun 1945, previously reported missing, believed killed in action, now presumed killed in action
- S J R Soper Flt Lt; Royal Canadian AF previously reported missing believed killed in action, now presumed killed in action; from Flight Magazine 14 Jun 1945
- S J R SoperJ/23424 in 15 (RAF) Sqdn Royal Canadian Air Force German site 'Place of death; not know: All six crew in cemetery; Flight Lieut Soper (pilot); Flying Officer Gibson (nav); Sgt Heward (w.op/air gnr); Sgt King, (air gnr); Sgt Lee (air bomber); Sgt Watts (flt engr) & Sgt Wood (air gnr) .
- S J R Soper, Flight sergeant, 1944, RAF Mildenhall : Bomber Command Operational Losses 1939-45 from
- father William Charles Soper arrived St John, Canada 11 Mar 1906 & m.Sarah Lillian an English girl in Canada & had 4 children
- 28 Oct 1917 Ontario, Canada; '21cen (age 3) at 808 Howard Ave, Windsor, Ontario, Canada; address 1944 Wharncliffe Rd, London, Ont family tree

2: Walter Young James Soper (c1923-1945) : This graveyard used for airmen shot down over Germany & Austria
: W Y J Soper Flight Officer, Royal Canadian AF; Missing; from Flight Magazine 31 May 1945
: W Y J Soper F/O, RCAF; previously reported missing, now presume killed in action; from Flight Magazine 9 May 1946
: W Y J Soper, Flying officer, 1945, of RAF Kirmington; Bomber Command Operational Losses 1939-45 from military-genealogy.org.uk
: Sgt-Pilot Walter Y J Soper, 19, eldest son of Mr & Mrs Walter E Soper, Marchmont, Rockcliffe Park, received his wings Friday at No2 Service Training School, Uplands. He attended Model School, Glebe Collegiate, Lisgar Collegiate & Ashbury Collage & received his training at Jarvis, Belleville, St Eugene and Uplands. He is the grandson of the late Warren Y Soper & brother to Richard W Soper & Barbara J Soper. Almost 27 years ago to the day. Walter Soper father of the new sergeant-pilot, received his wings in the Royal Flying Corps, with which unit he saw action in the First World War. Walter Soper received his wings in England 19 Jun 1916 : see father RAF
: Walter Young James Soper F/O J/35275 RCAF of RAF 166 Sqdr, pilot of Mk1 Lancaster nr.NG290. Took off Kirmington 6:30pm to bomb Munich. Assumed mid-air collision with Lancaster PB397; Crashed 10pm at R�merstein-Aglishardt [45km SE of Stuttgart] 7 Jan 1945; All members of both crews buried locally, subsequently, re-interred Durnbach War Cemetery. lostaircraft.com

3: Albert Victor Soper (c1907-1941) : Parents address Garston, Otago : Roll of Honour 20th Battalion & Armoured Regiment : [The regiment was in Libya, fighting towards Tobruk 21-26 Nov, just before his death on 27 Nov]
Albert Victor Soper Pvt nr16024 aged 34 of Garston, NZ. Buried at Knights Bridge War Cemetery , Acroma. My uncle, from Claire Sinclair Paterson, Invercargill, NZ ( Online Parish Clerk for Cubert, & Crantock Cornwall)
Albert Victor Soper (c1906-1945) died in Western Desert : from Auckland Cenotaph
Albert Victor Soper of Gaston, Dunedin, a shepard. Probate 1942 NZ archives
Albert Victor Soper Pvt nr16024 aged 34 of Garston, NZ. Buried at Knights Bridge War Cemetery , Acroma. My uncle, from Claire Sinclair Paterson, Invercargill, NZ ( Online Parish Clerk for Cubert, & Crantock Cornwall)
"20 Battalion & Armoured Regiment", added from www.nzetc.org
A V Soper's photo Auckland Weekly News 28 Jan 1942 source

4: Terence John Soper (1922-1943) : Flight Sergeant [a gunner] b.Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand, 7 Jan 1922 to Algernon Leslie Soper & Jean Winifred of Takaka, Nelson. NZ; taxi driver; joined RNZAF May 1941; killed on air operations, 11 Aug 1943; CWGC record
T J Soper, Flight Sergeant 38 b.Richmond, Nelson, 7 Jan 1922; a taxi driver, he joined RNZAF May 1941; www.nzetc.org
- From The Times 2 Nov 1943; T J Soper, Sgt, RNZAF, missing believed killed in action
- Malta Commonwealth Air Forces Memorial for airmen, lost in the Mediterranean area, with no known graves
- T J Soper; Flt. Sgt. F/O. Royal NNZ Air Force; Previously reported missing, believed killed in action, now presumed killed in action; from Flight Magazine 27 Jul 1944
- Soper's pilot Lloyd Allan Trigg, RNZAF Sqdn 200/D awarded a VC for conspicuous bravery. After 8 hours on patrol in their B-24 Liberator, a surfaced U-boat was sighted, Trigg immediatly attacked & was hit by the submarine's anti-aircraft guns & caught fire, but the attack continued, dropping depth charges from 50ft on the U-boat, which sank after 20 minutes. The Liberator dived into the sea, killing the crew of 8. Some U-boat crew were resued in a dinghy that broke loose from the Liberator ; Times article 3 Nov 1943;
- The U-boat U-468 was sunk, less than a year from launch, on her 3rd patrol, off Bathurst between Cape Verde Islands & Africa, 44 dead. Her Commander & 5 or 6 crew survived & were picked up by a RN corvette: from uboat.net
- T J Soper a gunner in crew of 8 on a B-24 Liberator, heavy bomber of 200 Sdr, based in Bathurst, Gambia (now Banjuil). It attacked a surfaced U-boat 11 Aug 1943; 240m SW Dakar; 12.20N, 20.07W google map. The submarine's 20mm cannon shells hit the Liberator at 2,000mtrs but the pilot continued the attack, dropping depth charges at 15m. The plane's crew killed when it crashed & exploded near the submarine. 20 of the U-boat's crew of 39 [other articles say 51?] escaped it's sinking, but sharks & drowning meant just the capt & 6 others were rescued the next day, after a dingy was miraculously found in the plane's debris. The pilot got the only VC given solely from bravery testimony by the enemy. B-24's lighter construction & fuselage fuel tanks made it vunerable to shells & its high wing could cause fuselage break-up if ditched. Partly from google books
- Terance's photo above from Auckland Weekly News 27 Oct 1943 Auckland News

5: Private Morley Soper (c1889-1915) nr.1259 1st Battalion, Royal Newfoundland Regiment died age 26 on 29 Dec 1915, of pneumonia on the hospital ship 'HMHS Acquitanian' at Gallipoli (or died of dysentery in the trenches?). Parents Thomas & Elizabeth, home address, Port aux Basques, Burgeo & La Poile, Canada. on Newfoundland Memorial, at Beaumont Hamel Cemetery, Somme, France; from CWGC above
- Morley Soper (c1889-1915) died of pneumonia on the hospital ship 'HMHS Acquitanian' at Gallipoli, (lost link to St John's Daily News, Newfoundland) from Grand Banks
- Regt No 1259 added from source
- Perhaps this account of a Soper who died of dysentry in the trenches was Morley? [Perhaps it's possible that burial at sea avoided contageon?]
- A 'chum' Howard Leopold Morry of the Royal Newfoundland Reg, was with a Soper when he died & wrote in his memoir; "One night we were sent out digging a trench and Soper was detailed to go with us. He was awful bad with dysentery and I saw how weak he was. When we got out there the Sergeant made a comfortable place for him to lie down, while we were digging. When we were coming in Ted Winter and I went to get him. We shook him � thought he was asleep � but he was dead. We brought him in. At first we thought he had been shot by a sniper, but no, he just pegged out, poor fellow"........ "More than half down with dysentery and fever, beside the other casualties. No relief, no reinforcements coming, no matter how sick you were. Medicine and duty was all we got."
- photo available from British War Graves 'Service Number 1259' & says he died on the ship 'en route from Gallipoli' memorial photos
- M Soper on Newfoundland Memorial for WW1 soldiers with no known grave. Memorial at the Somme, France Aquitania
- M Soper d.1916, at sea Aquitania [so not Dec 1915, as above] from UK Deaths in Findmypast.com : assume Morley
- The Aquitania a liner converted to a a hospital ship by 1916 (used in Dardanelles Campaign) could hold 4,300 wounded source from UK Deaths in Findmypast.com

6: Edgar Alan Soper (c1891-1915) : a Roman Catholic, a labourer of Fairfield, NSW, enlisted 2 Mar 1915 at Liverpool, NSW; Private, 19th Bn, D Company : Embarked Sydney on HMAT Ceramic, 25 June 1915 : War service; Egypt & Gallipoli : Medals: 1914-5 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal (Died of wounds & buried at sea) from AIF Project
- Edgar Alan Soper (c1891-1915), a labourer of Fairfield, NSW, born Lauraston, Victoria, Nsw; enlisted 2 Mar 1915, Private, nr.1306, 19th Bn, D Company; enlisted Liverpool, NSW 2 Mar 1915; age 25y 11m, 5ft 9in, 157 lbs; 32>36 chest, fair hair, blue eyes, brown hair, Roman Cathilic; Next of kin, brother Francis Joseph Soper of Francis St, Lidcombe, NSW (at Fairfield Rd, Fairfield 1916 & Lascot St, Fairfield crossed out Dec 1920); Promoted Lance Corp 16 May; Embarked Sydney on HMAT Ceramic, 25 June 1915; Will 19 Aug, all to brother FJS; Wounded Gallipoli & transfered to base 2 Sep 15; Compound fracture right femur, bullet wounds left leg, right shoulder, left hand; died of wounds, septiceamia, 6 Sept 15; buried at sea [unusual; perhaps septicaemia smell? source], hospital ship "Nile" 13 Sept; telegram to EJS, Edgar 'wounded, not reported seriously' 19 Sep 15; letter to EJS 14 Nov saying Edgar died; F J Soper signed & wrote note thanking Thom.Cook Ltd for the package of Edgar's personal effects 20 May 16 (disc, gold ring, charm, stud, scissors, holdall, 2 razors, 2 shaving brushes, tooth brush, handkerchiefs, watch, false teeth, fountain pen, wallet, photo, 3 knives, pipe) (2nd pack of effects; comforter, marking outfit, pipe, accordion 16 Feb 16). Medals stored 25 Sep 1922 as NofK untracable (no reply from FJS); record scans & AIF Project [FJS received Memorial Plaque 20 Sep, & Memorial Scroll 28 Sep 1922 source]
- Edgar A Soper (?-1915) : Lone Pine Memorial commemorates 3268 Aust & 456 NZ with no known grave & 960 Aust & 252 NZ buried at sea, overlooking the Anzac area of Gallipoli. Static trench warfare was taking place between Aug & the evacuation in Dec 1915.
- Lance Corporal Edgar Soper 1306. 19th Bn. Australian Inf A.I.F. Died of wounds at sea 6 Sept 1915. 64. Lone Pine Cemetery
- E A Soper : WW1 memorial, Merrylands Remembrance, Park Arcadia St, Merrylands West, NSW : source
- L.Cpl E A Soper of New South Wales died of wounds, Dardanelles : from Argus (Melbourne, Australia), 7 Oct 1915 : Oz Papers : [so d.Dardanelles & home.NSW added]
- Edgar Alec Soper Service nr; 1306. born Lauraston, Nsw : Enlisted Liverpool, Nsw : Next of kin, Brother Francis Joseph Soper : Canberra record 1914-20, from Aust Archive B2455 ['A' changed to Alc in main list]
- FJS's Paver reference in Honour Avenue War Memorial, Fairfield, bottom left corner for WW1 Col.7 Row Nr.2 : Commemorated on Bronze Plaque Nr.2 (Right Hand side of the Gate) in Col.2 Nr.10 source
- brother Francis Joseph Soper m.Ella Daisy Hodges, 1907

7: John Herman Soper (?-1944) : Reported missing in action, in The Times, 14 Feb 1945 >br>Canadian Warrant Officer Class II (W.Op./Air Gnr) R/161774. Unit; 437 Royal Canadian Air Force 24/10/1944 4. C. 12. Calais Canadian War Cemetery at Leubringhen.
- John Herman Soper WO2 : on Blockhouse Island Memorial, Brockville : Dedicated it�s Citizens & 426 Wing RCAFA & to the memory of all Allied Airmen who gave their lives : Site also mentions John Soper pupil of Brockville Collegiate Institute who died WW2.
- Herman Soper, (1886-1918), b.Ont 1 Mar, d.Toronto 14 Oct & Lillian Agatha Soper (nee Wight) (1891-1976) : Parents from Geof Wyght of Cincinnati, OH : debgeof{at}fuse.net researching Wight family : genforum
- J H Soper, W/O Royal Canadian AF, previously reported missing, now presumed killed in action; from Flight Magazine 2 May 1946

8: Sidney John Soper : 'killed in action' : 'service nr 40905' : photo available : from British War Graves :
- Sidney John Soper, b.to Sidney Watson Soper & Kate, late of Russell, Manitoba, Canada British War Graves
- also on British war death list see

9: William John Soper Private Otago Reg, NZEF, 15 Sep 1916, age 29, b.c1887 to Thomas William & Janet Bell of Five Rivers, Lumsden, Southland, NZ d.Somme, France; bur.Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval; Viii. C. 14
- William John Soper 'Bill Soper' Private nr 8/4030 Otago Infantry Regiment : embarked with 10th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company on 'Willochra' or 'Tofua' 4 Mar 1916, Wellington, for Suez, Egypt : a bushman before enlistment : Next of Kin father T W Soper of Five Rivers, Southland, NZ : Killed in action 15 Sept 1916 in Somme, France from Auckland Cenotaph [NZEF = New Zealand Expeditionary Force]
- 'He & his brother, Arthur Soper died France : Their father Thomas William Soper (1861-1919) b.Victoria, Australia : m.7 Oct 1885, Parawa, Otago, New Zealand. His grandfather William Davis Soper b.1832, East Newlyn, Cornwall : m.1857, Australia : his family from igi lost link : WW1 Roll of Honour 'CIR' & Killed in Action
: William John Soper b.1887 to Thomas William Soper (c1861-1924) & Janet Bell Gibson 1885 NZ]
: William John Soper Private nr 8/4030 Otago Infantry Regiment : embarked with 10th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company on 'Willochra' or 'Tofua' 4 Mar 1916, Wellington, for Suez, Egypt : a bushman before enlistment
: William John Soper of Otago Battalion; Missing believed wounded list 15 Sep 1916 father T W Soper of Five Rivers, via Lumaden, Southland; from NZ Herald, Auckland 23 Oct 1916 paperspast
: William John Soper of Otago Battalion; previously reported missing now reported killed; father T W Soper of Five Rivers, via Lumaden, Southland; from NZ Herald, Auckland 3 Jan 1917 paperspast

10: Norman Soper, private, 447603 CIR, NZEF, Killed in Action WW1 Roll of Honour
- Norman Soper, private nr44603 Canterbury Infantry Regiment, embarked with 28th Reinforcements F Company 14 July 1917 on 'Waitemata' from Wellington to Plymouth, Eng ', a clerk before enlistment : Next of Kin F W Soper (father) of Willow Glen, Rapaura, Marlborough, NZ : Killed in action 26 May 1918 in France : His brother Albert embarked 1917 : from Auckland Cenotaph
- Norman Soper Private of Rapaura; reported killed in action 26 May, Canterbury Infantry, father F Soper of Rapaura; from NZ Herald, Auckland 13 Jun 1918 paperspast
- N Soper, Private nr44603, 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Regiment killed in action from www.nzetc.org : aucklandmuseum
- Sergeant Norman Soper, son of Mr & Mrs F W Soper, born at Rapaura, Blenheim, NZ, 18 May 1893 & educated at Marlborough High School. Joined the service of the Bank 5 Apr 1911, at Blenheim, '\/iWaS,mrisfer^d toKt 'Gloucester, NSW, as assistant, ??th May 1914; & to Newcastle 6 Sep 1915. Enlisted for NZEF at Blenheim, Dec 1916 & embarked as a sergeant with Canterbury Infantry Battalion for France. Saw active service 26 May 1918, while in the front trenches he was struck by an enemy shell & died from the effect of the wounds he received; www.aif.adfa.edu.au
- Private Norman Soper, Details of the circumstances in which he met his death in France 25 May have been received by a recent mail. The deceased soldier was a member of a party of six sent out at night to capture a German listening-post. The enemy apparently became aware of their approach and withdrew from this particular post in consequence. On rushing the post the New Zealanders were bombed by the Germans from a position of vantage farther on, and four casualties were inflicted. The late Private Soper was hit in the chest, and died when being carried back to his lines. He was buried in No Man's Land in a particular part of tho sector known as La Signy Farm, which was the scene of heavy fighting in the early days of the war.

11: Victor Henry Soper, Private, NZ Infantry, died 20 Apr 1945 at Forli, Italy, age 25, b.1920 to parents Albert Henry Soper & Victoria I Soper : m.E G : address Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ : buried at Forli War Cemetery : VIII, D14

12: Roland Edward Chester Soper died 4 May 1917 France, age 21
: Doug Tyler says Roland was his grandmother's brother, Apr 09 genforum

13: Victor Henry Soper : Pte 20 Apr 1945, 24 Battalion from genforum

14: A Soper : Fell in WW1 : On War Memorial, Kyneton, Victoria, Aus; Not in War Grave Commission's records & not vis elswhere : from source

15 : Russell Wright Soper Lieut, Canadian Infantry died 2 Apr 1918, age 28; Lieut, 116th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Son of late Annon & Eliza Ann Soper, of Whitby, Ontario; husband of Alma P Soper (nee Nutting), of Uxbridge, Ontario. from www.veterans.gc.ca
- below from war diary of the 116th (Ontario County) Canadian Inf Battn; www.ontrmuseum.ca from England to France Feb 1917; & 'an architect practicing in Sarnia' Sarnia memorial
- 27 Oct 1917; Lieut Soper led 2 platoons of 'C' Company as stretcher-bearers at night, Batt at Otto Farm & Abraham Heights
- 2 Apr 1918 Lieut R W Soper killed: Strength 40 Officers, 945 ranks; [12th day of 13 in the front line nr Vimey Ridge] Situation fairly quiet, considerable shelling near the quarries; 2 offensive night patrols, nothing to report : Lieut R W Soper, killed in action; another Lieut & 3 ranks injured that day. [speculate the officer injured in successful raid 11pm night before to gather intellegence, hand to hand fighting 1 killed, 1 officer & 8 ranks injured; 5 enemy killed & 2 prisoners. Congratulations telegram recieved from HQ (but as no known grave, perhaps died in the shelling of 2 Apr)]
- 2 Apr 1918 116th Battalion [bat added to above from this] in France; A 6pm officer meeting arranged to send battle patrols of an officer & 25 other ranks from each Company, to work independently without artillery or machine gun support. 1st patrol capturing prisoner, to fire red flare. Operation to commence 11pm. 'D patrol' captured 2, though achievement greatly dimmed by 2 officers killed; Lt J A Gibson* & Lt R W Soper of Uxbridge, Ontario, �killed in action; archive.org [*contradicting '1 dead' above]
- Son of late Armon Soper; b.Whitby; ed.Port Perry PS & HS. Applied Science 1909-13 BA sc (Architecture-Hon); Architect, practising at Sarnia; 27 Rebt, Lieut; m.Alma Priscilla Nutting; Enlisted in 116 Batt, promoted Sgt bef going overseas; Commissioned in Nov, joined Batt in front line Aug 1917; Served through battles of Hill 70, Passchendaele & Lens front. On 2 Apr 1918 he was charged with filling in a communication trench to block enemy's advance when unit to the left was forced to retire nr.Mericourt threatening the battalions position, when he was killed. Buried at La Chaudiere Cemetery, Arras, Lens Road [3km S of Lens; NW outskirts of Vimy]
- Russell W Soper hails from Whitby, Ont, but received his education in Port Perry. On graduating from collegiate there, he taught school for 2 years. As a student of Architecture at SPS, he has fully justified in his choice of profession, both from the excellence of his work in design, his geniality, & his ability to cope with any situation as it arises; from University of Toronto Year Book 1913; from www.veterans.gc.ca [photo from there]
- Diary of John Newton 17 Jan 1917 (from www) I visited the infantry camp looking for recruits at [?]. Rounded up two & incidentally met Soper of 116 Battalion who has been here for some months. The last time I saw him was in May in Toronto when he was on his way to get married. Certainly surprising how one runs into old friends and acquaintances. Had a game of bridge in the afternoon with him.

Also, injured or missing

A H Soper Seaman, HMS Pyramus, wounded; Auckland Weekly News 2 Sep 1915 source
: Also reported as 'A Soper' & 'Albert Soper' able seaman on HMS Pyramus. He is the son of W H Soper, carpenter & retired Navy man, Rotokauria, nr.Hamilton. Slightly wounded. The only NZ rating casualty (but a nstoker died & 3 wounded amongst Pyramus's non-NZ crew); 14 Aug 1915 telegram quoted 19 Aug by Wanganui Chronicle & source (The Pyramus, a NZ light cruiser. In July she fought a German cruiser "Koenigsberg" at German East Africa. It appears she was at the Dardanelles in Aug & other were killed in action & wounded this day).
: Discussion on who he was in forum here
: Assume son of William Henry Soper & Alison Marion Diedgson who m.1906, NZ Soper Notes

E W Soper, Private, nr456 in the Auckland Infantry Battalion wounded 13 May 1915, had his right leg shattered by shrapnel & at Alexandria 3 June it had to be amputated below the knee. He is now able to get about on crutches and is at Manchester, England, the other article 1 Jul. His (deceased?) father Winsor Soper, of Blenheim, Marlborough, NZ. from a mention in The Auckland Weekly News & source; & Guardian Newspaper 6 Jul 1815
: Pvt E W Soper 6th Hauraki, Co., wounded. Auckland Weekly News, 27 May 1915 1874; m.Emily Sykes 1917
: Edward Winsor Soper private nr12/436 Auckland Inf Bat; embarked Oct 1914 Auckland to Suez, Egypt WW1 & injured in the Dardanelles

Wendell Soper �survived� WW1, on Vienna Cenotaph, Vienna, Ontario source also on Port Burwell Cenotaph, Ontario together with Lawrence Soper, survived