British Sopers who died in World War 1

British Sopers who died in World War 1: 1914-18

55 Names; Click far left or far right columns for notes on each person

Name------------------ Rank -------Regiment--------- ooDateoo of Death Died Birth Aprx Died Father Mother ooWifeoo (or kin) Home0Address000000000000 (possibly parent's) Home County Died in Area Buried/ Memorialoooooooooooooooooooooo . note

� Albert Edward Soper Lance Corp
345197 16th (Royal Devon & R. N.Devon Yeomanry) Bn 3 Dec 1917 33 1884 John Selina Ann (Crocker) - Totnes Devon - Israel Jeruselem War Cemetery, Grave Y25 . 1

� Albert Henry Soper Private
L/15801 Royal Fusiliers 20 Oct 1914 22 1892 Walter William Martha Matilda (Filber) - 46 Longmead Rd, Tooting Wandsworth
London France Pas de Calais Le Touret Memorial : Panel 6 . 2

� Albert Lear Soper Private
62394 9th Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Reg) 9 May 1917 26 1891 Thomas Lear Soper Bessie Vera 71 Beaumont Rd, Plymouth
living Aldermanbury, Lon EC Devonport, Devon France Pas de Calais Etaples Military Cemetery . 3

� Alexander Soper Able Seaman
RN2576 Royal Navy
HMS Victory 2 Jan 1915 20 1895 Henry John Margaret Hannah - Auldhouse, East Kilbride, Glasgow (born Devonport) Devon? ? ? ? . 4

� Archibal Soper Private
10533 Devonshire Regiment 25 Sep 1915 28 1887 John Henry Mary Jane - Discombes, Powderham, Exeter Powderham,
Devon France Pas de Calais Loos Memorial, Panel 35-37 . 5

� Arthur Soper Serjeant
L/13236 Royal Field Artillery 23 Sep 1916 34 1882 Giles Elizabeth Alice Maud Camberwell Peckham, SE London France Pas de Calais Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, Panel Nr Iii.B.1 . 6

� Arthur Soper Private
241630 Somerset Light Infantry 13 Nov 1917 17 1900 Joseph W (late) C. Annie - Field View House, High St, Chard Somerset Israel Remlah Ramleh War Cemetery : P.Ii . 7

� Arthur James Soper Rifleman
7807 King's Royal Rifle Corps 23 Sep 1914 25 1889 James (late) Sarah Jane (Chapham) - 18 Market Square, Horsham,
,'Kent' [Sussex] Sussex France Versailles Les Gonards Cemetery, Yvelines, . 8

� Charles Edward Soper Lance Corporal
230889 1/16th London Reg
2nd Bn Royal Fusiliers 1 Jul 1916 19 1897 Thomas H (late) Rhoda (Martin) - 222 Roundwood Rd, Willesden London France Pas de Calais Gommecourt British Cemetery No. 2, Hebuterne, III.F.19 9

� Charles William Soper Private
nr32160 Bedfordshire Regiment 12 Apr 1917 ?23 ?1893 Charles Jane - Luton Bedfordshire France Pas de Calais Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt 10
� Edgar Bradford Soper Trooper
nr2595 Household Battalion 24 Oct 1917 33 1884 Edward Alice Mary S Florence Ellen 41 Cornwall Rd, Bishopston, Bristol (b.Deddiscombe, Br) Somerset France Seine-Maritime Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport : Vi. A. 6B . 11

� E F Soper ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? . Plympton St Maurice Devon ? ? ? . 12

� Edward James Soper Private
3/5000 Hampshire Regiment 26 Apr 1915 43 1872 George (late) Elizabeth Emma Jane born Steventon
resident of Kingsclere Hampshire Belgium West Vlaanderen Ypres (now Leper), Menin Gate Memorial . 13

� Edward William Soper Private
28108 Royal Warwickshire Regiment 20 Oct 1918 35 1883 ? ? ? born Loddeswell
resident Newton Abbot Devon France Romeries Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord : Iv. E. I 14

� Edwin Charles Soper Private
38431 Gloucestershire Regiment 19 Aug 1917 32 1885 Alfred Emile Elizabeth Elsie A Pickthorne 92 Addington Rd, Reading, Berks / 7 Midland Terrace, Keighley, Yorks : b.Salisbury Berkshire Belgium (assumed) ? I.A.6. Oxford Road Cemetery (Sint Jan) : West Vlaanderen Belgium . 15

� Ernest Soper Private
266840 Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry 1 Apr 1918 1885 32 Thomas Eliza (Spicer) - b.Weyhill, Hants
resident Weyhill Hants France Somme Pozieres Memorial : Panel 50 & 51 . 16

� Ernest James Soper Serjeant Army Service Corps 17 Sep 1915 40 1875 Tom Sarah Louisa A. H. b.Torquay; home 15 Sanford Crescent, Chelston, Torquay Devon England Devon Torquay Cemetery & Extension : F. 15. 8530 . 17

� Frank George Victor Soper Gunner
354439 Royal Garrison Artillery 19 Dec 1916 19 1897 George James Selina ? 146 Priory Rd, Southampton (St. Denys) Hampshire France Somme Bernafay Wood British Cemetery . 18

� Frederick Charles Soper Private
201693 Hampshire Regiment 17 Oct 1918 22 1896 William Sarah Jane (Perry) - Woodmancott Hampshire Iran Tehran Tehran War Cemetery . 19

� Frederick George Soper Gunner
11079 Royal Field Artillery 3 Apr 1918 23 1895 Fredrick William Emma - 271 Manor Farm Rd, Bitterne Park, Southampton (b.S'ton) Hampshire France Somme Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension map 20

� Frederick Henry Soper Private
29611 Herefordshire Regiment 4 Sep 1918 18 1900 John Mary Jane - Powderham Devon Belgium W-Vlaanderen Wytschaete Military Cemetery, Heuvelland : Iii. D. 5 . 21

� Frederick J Soper (Fred) Private
16437 Devonshire Regiment 20 Jul 1916 24 1892 Fred Bessie ? 60 Babbacombe Rd, Torquay
born East Allington, Dev? Devon France Somme Thiepval Memorial : Pier & Face 1 C 22

� Frederick Charles Soper Able Seaman Royal Navy
HMS Defence 31 May 1916 18 1897 Charles Jessie - 18 Mount St, Plymouth Devon England Devon Plymouth Naval Memorial . 23

� George Soper Private
3/5165 Devonshire Regiment 14 May 1916 30 1886 William Mary Ann ? Horrabridge, Dartmoor :
born Chudleigh, Devon Devon France Somme Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension : D34 . 24

� George Soper Private
45739 Royal Irish Fusiliers 19 Apr 1918 26 1892 Thomas Elizabeth Elizabeth 37 Newport St, Lambeth (wife) London Belgium W-Vlaanderen Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke : Panel 140 To 141 . 25

� George Henry Soper Private
240610 Devonshire Regiment 20 Sep 1916 30 1886 William John Ann Maria Rhoda Maria 10 Mainstone Avenue, Cattedown, Plymouth (wife) Devon Iraq Basra Basra Memorial, Iraq : 11 . 26

� George Norman Soper Serjeant
11226 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 6 Oct 1915 25 1890 Giles Elizabeth ? East Dulwich
born Camberwell, Surrey London France Pas de Calais Rue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, : I. A. 4 . 27
� Harry Albert Thomas Soper Private
491991 London Regiment 16 Aug 1917 38 1879 Alfred (late) Rose - 15 Carthew Rd, Hammersmith London Belgium W-Vlaanderen The Huts Cemetery, Ieper : Iv. A. 4. . 28

� Henry Soper Private
21806 Cheshire Regiment 19 Jul 1916 ? ? ? ? ? living Chard, S.set
born Bolton, Lancs Somerset France Somme Thiepval Memorial : Pier & Face 3 C And 4 A 29

� Henry Soper Private
421492 London Regiment, 1/10th Battalion 27 Nov 1917 19 1898 Henry Thomas Caroline Theresa [Sartain] ? 27 Mapledene Rd, Dalston : born Dalson London Israel Remlah Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel : B. 68. . 30

� Horace Soper Rifleman Training Reserve 18 Jan 1917 34 1882 James Friend Eliza (Frankham) Ester Maud (Murrell) born Wandsworth, Surrey
residece Battersea, Surrey? London England London Kensal Green (All Souls') Cemetery, London, 213. 7. 23 . 31

� Hubert Soper Lance Corp
47285 Lancashire Fusiliers; 2nd Btn 28 Mar 1918 21 1897 Emanuel Goding Elizabeth (Drake) - 26 South View Ter. Heavitree, Exeter (b.Woodberry S.set) Devon France Pas de Calais Arras Memorial, : Bay 5 32

� John Elford Soper Private
204413 Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry 22 Aug 1917 29 1888 Alfred Emiel Elizabeth Daisey KIRTON Chapel Hill, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire (wife) Berkshire Belgium Pas de Calais Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke : Panel 96 To 98 . 33

� John James Souper Ordinary Seaman HMS "Natal" 30 Dec 1915 1895 19 James Liza - of Belvedere, Kent; Seamen's Services Register 6 Apr 1895 Kent Cromarty Harbour Scotland Chatham Naval Memorial : Ref10 . 34

� John Gilbert Soper Lance Corp
G/11970 9th Royal Sussex Regiment 25 Sep 1917 38 1879 Thomas Rundle Annie Florence 91 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea; born Guilford, Surrey London France Pas de Calais Etaples Military Cemetery, : Xxvi. D. 6 . 35

� Joseph William Soper Private Devonshire Regiment 12 Apr 1917 41 1876 John Martha Charlotte Annie (Lee) Field View House, High St, Chard : b.Axminster Somerset England Somerset Chard Cemetery : I. 28. . 36

� Joseph William Soper Private
5122 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers 1 Nov 1914 27 1887 Henry John Miriam (Wise) - 22 Adelaide Rd, Andover
b.Axminster, Devon Hampshire Belgium Pas de Calais Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper :Panel 5 . 37

� Lionel George Ayre Soper Private
3999 1st Royal Honourable Artillery Company 13 Nov 1916 20 1896 Fredrick William Laura Anne - 6 Meredyth Rd, Barnes
(born Barnes) London France Somme Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel : Sp. Mem. 40 38

� Maurice George Henry Soper Private Northumberland Hussars 21 Apr 1919 27 1892 Robert Henry Jane (Parris) - Bradfield Berks Bradfield Berks 39

� Noel Beaumont Souper 2nd Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Reg
6th Btn 1 July 1916 40 1876 Rev F A Souper Fanny E (Beaumont) Rosalie F (Norie) 54 Fitz James Ave, W14 London France Somme Thiepval Memorial to the Missing
pier F11D 40

� Peter Soper Fireman Mercantile Marine
SS Sofie (London) 1 Feb 1918 35 1883 ? ? ? born in Venesuela London / Venesuela? England London Tower Hill Memorial . 41

� Reginald Evan Soper Private
18825 13th Hussars 27 Jul 1916 21 1895 George Wilmot Decima ROBINS - 47 Merthyr St, Barry Dock (born Barry) Glam Iraq Basra Basra War Cemetery : Vi.G. 11 42

� Reginald Henry Soper Driver Royal Horse Artillery 13 May 1918 34 1884 Sydney Carloline Rebecca Ellen 38, Perrers Road, Hammersmith London France Seine Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension : C. 265 . 43

� Robert Wilfred Soper Able Seaman
J 23332 Royal Navy
HMS Black Prince 31 May 1916 19 1897 William Alice - Wood Court, Ashell, Ilminster Somerset England Devon Plymouth Naval Memorial : 12 . 44

� Ronald Chatterton Soper Private
200455 Cheshire Regiment 21 Apr 1917 20 1896 Richard Florence - Rock Ferry, Birkenhead Cheshire Egypt Alexandria Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery : A. 34 . 45

� Sidney Soper Private
17101 Royal Berkshire Regiment 15 Nov 1916 27 1889 Charles Emily Albert (Brother) 4 Johnson St, Cubitt Town
living Millwall London France Saulty Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery : R: Ii. J. 12 . 46

� Sidney John Soper A/Bombardier
40905 Royal Field Artillery
6th Trench Mortar Battery 7 Sep 1916 20 1896 Sidney Watson Kate - 13 St Stephens Gdns E.Twickenham France [nr.Albert] Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Somme, France Plot: III. H. 16. ] 47

� Sidney Walter Soper Private
G/42342 Middlesex Regiment 23 Apr 1917 23 1894 Walter Elizabeth - 241 High Town Rd, Luton Bedfordshire France Somme Arras Memorial : Bay 7 48

� Stanley Soper Rifleman
651219 London Regt :
1st Surrey Rifles 23 May 1916 18 1898 Lawerence William Emily (Cheeseman) - born Brixton
residence Sutton, Surrey Surrey France Somme Arras Memorial : Bay 10 . 49

� Walter Soper Private
1856 London Regiment 9 Jul 1916 18 1898 William Henry Clara (Downes) - born Dumfries?
resident Sutton, Surrey? London France Pas de Calais Tranchee De Mecknes Cemetery, Aix-Noulette . 50

� Walter Soper Mitchell Private
011222 Royal Army Ordnance Corps; 67th Coy 17 Feb 1916 37 1879 Frederick Mary Ann (Soper) Emily Ellen Mitchell 27 Norton Terrace,
Climsland Rd, Paignton Devon Home casualty Colchester,
Ex Paignton Cemetery, Grave 2445 . 51

� William Henry Soper Corporal
201700 The Queen'-s (Royal West Surrey Regt.) 4 Oct 1917 c35 c1882 William Emily Jeanie Louise South Norwood, Surrey
born Barnes, Surrey Surrey England W-Vlaanderen Buttes New British Cem, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke XXVIII C.11 . 52

� William Patterson Soper Private J23882 Royal Defence Corp 42nd.Protection Coy 31 Jul 1918 54 1864 Giles Ching Emma Elford Mary Ann Church born Hammersmith
resident Bedford Bedfordshire England Bedfordshire Bedford Cemetery : K/3. 118 . 53

� William George Soper Leading Stoker
Ch.2707 Royal Navy
Howe Batt. RN Div 4 Jun 1915 25 1889 David Alice Rebecca - born Reading Berkshire Turkey Helles Helles Memorial . 54

� William Victor Soper Private
23486 Hampshire Regiment 21 Mar 1918 19 1897 Alfred Elizabeth - Old Basing, Basingstoke
born Fyfield, Hants Hampshire France Arras Arras Memorial : Bay 6 . 55

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Notes:

Thanks to Gerald Soper who collated extra details for all names below, Sept 2014

3 pairs of Soper brothers & a father & son died in WW1;
: - Alfred Emiel Soper & Elizabeth (m.1884, Berks); lost Edwin Charles Soper 1817 & John Elford Soper 3 days later (also Alfred 's brother William Patterson Soper d.1817)
: - John Henry Soper & Mary Jane Tuck (m.1888 Crediton); lost Frederick Henry Soper d.1918 & Archibal Soper d.1915
: - Giles Soper & Elizabeth Hunt m.1873 at Holborn lost George Norman Soper Oct 1915 & Albert Sep 1916
: Also; Charlotte Annie Soper lost husband Joseph d.12 Apr 1917, age 41 & only child Arthur d.Nov 1917, age 17 1898
: - Charlotte Annie Soper lost both husband Joseph W Soper Apr 1917 Pvt Devon Reg, at Chard & only child Arthur Soper, Nov 1917, Isreal, age 17

Not mentioned above, a James Soper on channel4.com; lost link St Nicholas Church's WW1 Roll of Honour, Steventon. It says he died

Note 1:
- A E Soper, Lance Corporal nr.345197 Devonshire Reg; d.3 Dec 1917, bur.Jerusalem Cemetary, Israel; from CWGC [Albert Edward/age/residence added to CWGC record]
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- Ancestry list b.Okehampton, resident Totnes & enlisted Exeter.
- WW1 medal card has reg nr.2450 or nr.345197, served in theatre 3, [Egypt] from 31 Dec 1915.
- Assumed from Service Medal list The Albert E a private in Royal Devonshire Yeomanry nr2450, then Devonshire Reg nr345197
- born Okehampton, Devon - living Totnes, Devon from military-genealogy.com
- Albert Edward Soper b.Jul>Sep 1884 Okehampton RD to John & Selina Ann Crocker who m.1884 Okehampton
: '11cen; Albert Edward 27unm on farm son b.Exbourne, Dev [5m N of Okehampton]; with parents John 56 farmer at East Leigh, Harberton, Totnes; Selina A 50 {27m 8 births, all alive}; Albert Edward 27unm on farm son b.Exbourne, Dev; William James 25 farm son; Mary Louisa 22; all b.Dev; Ada Silina 14 both dairy farm dau; Eric Charles 9 school

Note 2: Albert Soper Private L/15801, Royal Fusiliers, d.20 Oct 1914, age 22; b.1892 to Walter William & Martha Matilda; of 46 Longmead Rd, Tooting, Wandsworth, London; d.Pas de Calais, France; bur.Le Touret Memorial;p Panel 6 CWGS record; [2nd name Henry added from below]
- Albert Soper : 2 Alberts recorded in the regiment : Albert nr.L/15801 : www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : ref WO 372/18 : born & living in Wandsworth from military-genealogy.com
- Albert Henry Soper b.Jul>Sep 1891 Wandsworth : Parents; Walter Soper m.Martha Matilda Filber Oct>Dec 1890 Wandsworth see family; younger brother Joseph, also Pvt in France, survived [mother's name added to form from this]
: '11cen Albert 20 gen lab with parents Walter 48 gen lab at 45 Point Pleasant, Wandsworth b.Hants; Martha 46 {m.21y, 6 births, 5 alive} b.Lame, Bucks; Albert 20 gen lab; Joseph 17 gen lab; Rose 15 gen servant; William 11; Daisy 3 all b.Wandsworth
: 1914 service in France from 12 Sep 1914, WW1 medal card
: Albert Soper 15801 left will :
: 728 recorded as died that day source

Note 3: Albert Lear Soper (c1891-1917) Pvt 9th Bn, Royal Fusiliers (London Regiment) d.9 May 1917, age 26
- Awarded Service Medal, service nr.GS/62394, Royal Fusiliers; from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : ref WO 372/18 : A member of the congregation of St Judes Church, Belmont Rd, Plymouth on St Jude's Memorial [George Henry Soper (c1886-1916) also on the memorial, not brother?]
- born Devonport - living Aldermanbury, London, EC. added from military-genealogy.com
- Albert b.Apr>Jun 1891 Devonport (Stoke Damerel RD) [only child of] Thomas Lear Soper & 2nd wife Elizabeth Sarah 'Bessie' Babb m.1890 Stoke Damerel, Dev
: '01cen Thomas L 38 warrant officer RN at 37 Waterloo Stoke Damerel (4 rooms); b.Plymouth; Elizabeth S 36 & Albert L 10 both b.Devonport; scan
- Albert m.Vera Boon 1 Mar 1916, St Jude, Plymouth, Dev (m.Jan>Mar) [from Gerald Soper Sep'14]
- Plymouth 'Roll of Honor' lists G Soper as having a DCM & A L Soper
- Buried Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France; In 1917, 100,000 troops camped among sand dunes & 15 hospitals & convalescent depots could deal with 22,000 wounded or sick
- bmd says Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), so (City of London Regiment) added to CWGC above; bmd says d.1914 as well as d.1917
- Albert Lear Soper d.9 May 1917, Private 9th Bat, Royal Fusiliers; of 69 Beaumont Rd, Plymouth, Dev; died Canadian General Hospital Etaples, France; 'administration (with will)' Exeter 13 Nov 1917 to Vera Soper, widow; estate �20 14s; will & probate from Probate Calender, scan ['9th' added to CWGC record from here]

Note 4: Alexander Soper J8038. (Po.) Able Seaman, Royal Navy, HMS Victory : b.22 Nov 1894, Devonport : d.2 Jan 1915, age 20, Location of grave: -/-/1414. Craigton Cemetery, Govan, Glasgen : Relatives notified: Father. Henry John, 7 Robert St, Govan, Glasgow : Parents Henry John & Margaret Hannah of Auldhouse, East Kilbride, Glasgow : Father a Navy Dockyard carpenter '11cen in Medway, Kent ........
- Naval record d.HM Hospital Ship Rewa from enteric fever. roll-of-honour.com
- HMS Victory once the Trafalgar flagship, now flagship of Portsmouth Naval base. Anyone serving there, classed as serving on her. There was an influenza pandemic at the time, perhaps Alexander died in it?
: 1887 Henry John Soper> m.Margret Hannah Hall Jan>Mar 1887 Stoke Damerel, Dev
:1894 Alexander Soper b.22 Nov 1894, Devonport; [b.Oct>Dec Stoke Damerel RD]; bpt.9 Dec St Mark, Ford, Plymouth to Henry John & Margaret Hannah
: '91cen Margaret 25 in 2 rooms at Fore St, Plympton, St Maurice, Dev; Harry 3 scholar�both b.Devonport, Dev; scan
: '01cen Margaret H 35m at 33 Fore St, Antony, Cornwall; b.Morice Town, Dev; Henry 13 b.Stokenham, Dev; Alexander Soper 5 b.Ford, Dev; Margaret L 2 b.Torpoint, Con; scan : [Alexander b.Oct>Dec 1894 Stoke Damerel]
: '11cen 16 boy under training, b.Devonport; HIs Majestys Training Establishment, Shotley nr Ipswich
: '11cen Father a royal dockyard carpenter in Medway, Kent
: 1912 joined 22 Nov 1912 for 12 years & served on a variety of ships.
: Alex Soper able seaman nr.J.8038; Awarded Star, Victory Medal, Europe, British War Medal nr.9002/1915; Medals Issued St/V/B/FR; scan
- Alexander Soper d.1915, at sea 'Rewa' (& also HMS Victory) from UK Deaths in Findmypast.com
So assume died Gallipoli as - HMT Rewa a troopship 1908; at Gallipoli 1915; sunk as HMHS Rewa a hospital ship torpedoed 1918

Note 5: Archibal Soper Private 10533; Devonshire Regiment d.25 Sep 1915, age 28; b1887 to John Henry & Mary Jane of Discombes, Powderham, Exeter; b.Powderham, Dev; died Pas de Calais, France; on Loos Memorial, Panel 35-37
- His nr.10533 : from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : ref WO 372/18 : An A Soper on war memorial at Powderham, Dev : born Exeter, living Powderham, Devon from military-genealogy.com
- Archibal (c1887-1915) Pvt Devon Reg d.25 Sep age 28 Pas de Calais France on Loos Memorial, Panel 35-37 : parents John Henry & Mary Jane NofK Mary Jane : home Discombes, Powderham, Exeter
- Archibald Soper army nr.10533; His will available; www.goc.uk (�6ea)
- Archibald Cyril Tuck b.Jul>Sep 1887 Totnes RD; before John Henry Soper & Mary Jane Tuck's m.1888 at Holy Cross, Crediton, Dev; '91 with John & Mary Jane
- Archibald Soper, Private, Devonshire Reg, nr10533; Service Medals (issued to all servicemen) 1914-20 : from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
- '01cen Archibald C T 13 gamekeepers helper b.Paignton, Dev with John Henry 39 gen ag lab at Rose Cottage, Powderham Rd, Powderham, Dev; b.Halwil, Dev; Mary J 39 b.Fakenham, Norfolk; Archibald C T 13 gamekeepers helper b.Paignton, Dev; Ethel Maud 11 b.Dawlish, Dev; Selina F 9; Edith M 8; Nelius J 6; Philip E 5; Sidney G 2; Frederick H 1 all b.Powderham; scan
: '11cen Archibald 23unm gamekeeper b.Crofton, Dev; boarding in 5 rooms at Kenton, Exeter with Frederick Taylor 37unm gamekeeper & sister Ellen Taylor 42unm both b.Ashurst, Wilts scan
: '11cen John Henry 50 woodman on farm in 6 rooms at Rose Cottage, Pwderham, Exmouth, St Thomas; b.Dev; Mary Jane 49 {m.24y, 10 births, all alive [v.rare-then WW1]} b.Farnham, Norfolk Nelius John 16 labourer on farm; b.Dev; Philip Edward 14 ass game keeper; b.Dev; Sidney George 12; Fredrick Henry 11; Winnifred Jane 10; Ivor Alfred 7 all at school all b.Powderham, Dev; also boarders Ethel Maud Hamlyn, dau & {m.10m, 1 birth} & grandson William Alfred Hamlyn 9m, both b.Powderham scan
- 'Archie'; Pvt Archibald Cyril Soper 8th Battalion, older brother of Frederick, both on Powderham War Memorial devonheritage.org : [photo on right]

Note 6: Arthur Soper Serjeant, Royal Field Artillery, died 23 Sep, 1916; age ?; on Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, Panel, Pas de Calais
: Recorded just as A Soper, but the only serjeant in the Royal Field Artillery was Arthur Soper nr L/13236 : www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : ref WO 372/18 : so Arthur added to CWG record table above
- There was also an Arthur J Soper nr945093, in the RFA, but he was a private.
- initialy 'A.Soper born ?' - assume by deduction, this was Arthur born Peckman SE from military-genealogy.com
: bpt.30 April 1882 at St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich. to Giles Soper & Elizabeth Hart m.3 Aug 1873 St Sepulchre, Holborn (in a tree in Ancestry.com)*
: '91cen Arthur 9 with Giles 43 porter woollen warehouse at 3 Wingfield St, (St John), Camberwell, Lon; b.Padworth, Berks; Elizabeth 41 b.Silchester, Hants; Henry 16 solicitors clerk, law b.Lambeth, Lon; Lily M 15 machinist b.Islington, Lon; Alfred 12; Charles 11 both b.Clerkenwell, Lon; Arthur 9; Lewis 7; Helena 5; George 1 all b.Peckham, Lon; (2 rooms at address William Appleby 32 & wife) scan
: '01cen Arthur 18 warehouse porter with Elizabeth 49 widowed general shop keeper at 74 Jocelyn St, Camberwell, Lon; b.Silchester, Hants; Lily 24unm underclothing machinist, b.Islington, Lon; Arthur 18 warehouse porter; Lewis 17 plumbers ass; Helena 14 laundry assistant; George 11 all b.E.Dulwich, Lon; scan
: '11cen Arthur 28unm porter, woollen warehouse in 4 rooms at 18 Amott Rd, E Dulwich, SE, Camberwell, Lon : [Peckham in Camberwell]; sister Helena 24unm laundress; brother George Norman Soper 21unm porter, silk warehouse; all b.Camberwell : scan : [George Norman Soper also died WW1]
: Arthur Soper, Serjeant, Royal Field Artillery, nr.L/13236 on WW1 service medal index
: A Soper Sergt RFA [Royal Field Artillery], volunteered Apr 1915? & to Western Front same year. In severe fighting in ? & Albert regions & was wounded. Unfortunatly died of injuries at Dorallers? 23 Sep 1916 & bur.British Cemetery at Wurtencourt, nr.Albert; Entitled to 1914-15 Star & bar; Service & Victory Medals; 'Great deeds cannot die'; 17 Relf? Rd Peckham, SW15 National Roll of Honor
: m.Alice Maud Ashton 13 Sep 1911, St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich. *from Gerald Soper Sep'14
: assume son Alfred A C Soper b.Oct>Dec 1912, Camberwell, Lon (mother nee Ashton) [bmd] & m.Margaret N Clark Jan>Mar 1945, Dartford, Kent (bmd)
: age, birth place, parents & wife added to CWG record table above

Note 7: Arthur Soper Private nr.241630 Somerset Light Infantry; d.13 Nov 1917, age 17; b.1900 to Joseph W (late) & C. Annie; residence Field View House, High St, Chard, Somerset; d.Remlah, Israel; bur.Ramleh War Cemetery : P.Ii
: Arthur Soper : Ramla [photo] is a small town 8m SE of Jaffa. Captured 15 Nov 1917. War dead from the area were taken to it's large military cemetery. The regiment was fighting in trenches & Jaffa (now Tel Aviv) was capured on the day Arthur died source : from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk, it is assumed his regiment number was 241630
: Arthur George A Soper b.Jul>Sep 1900, Axminster; to Joseph Soper & Charlotte Annie Lee m.1897, Axminster, Dev
: '01cen Joseph 25 post boy (/post man) in 4 rooms at Steepings Row, Fore St, Chard Borough, S.set; b.Axminster, Dev; Charlotte 28, b.Dalwood, Dev; Arthur G A 9m b.Membury, Dev; scan : If so, father age 5, Axminster '81 census
: '11cen Joseph 36 mason's labourer at Keepings Row, Fore St, Chard, b.Axminster; Annie 38 {13y, 2 births, 1 alive} charwoman both b.Bridgwater; Arthur 10 at school b.Membury, Dev; & a Lee lodger [father Joseph died in army same year as Arthur]
: Joseph & Arthur, [father & son both d.1917] on Chard War Memorial; an obelisk, St Mary's, Church St, Chard, S.set source
: Arthur Soper, Private, Somerset Light Infantry, nr241630 : WW1 service medal List

Note 8: Arthur James Soper Rifleman, King's Royal Rifle Corps, died 23 Sep 1914 Versailles, age 25, b.1889, parents James (late) & Sarah Jane of 18 Market Square, Horsham, 'Kent' [Sussex]; Buried Les Gonards Cemetery, Yvelines; from Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- see his war record & biog
- Arthur James Soper b.1889 to James & Sarah Jane Chapham m.1884 Horsham, Sx

Charles Edward Soper d.1916 Note 9: Charles Edward Soper born 1897, Lance Corporal in the London Regt (Royal Fusiliers), parents T H Soper (late) & Rhoda : home, 222 Roundwood Rd, Willesden, London : died Pas de Calais, France : 1 Jul 1916, buried/monument Gommecourt British Cemetery, Hebuterne; from Commonwealth War Graves Commission
: Charles Edward Soper b.Jul>Sep 1896, Wandsworth to Thomas Henry & Rhonda Martin m.1895, Liskeard, Cornwall : father Thomas Henry d.Jan>Mar 1903 Wandsworth age 33; Biog Soper & Steadman photographer
: '01cen at Wandsworth, London : Thomas, 31 photographer b.Battersea; Rhoda 30 b.Talland, Cornwall : Charles 4 (so b. abt 1897 in Wandsworth). Many other Sopers in Wandsworth
- Thomas Henry d.4 Jan 1903, of 37 Santos Rd, Wandsworth, Sy; will admin 4 Feb 1903 to Rhoda, widow; estate �167 scan. [Commonwealth War Records above just said father; so "J.H.Soper (late)", changed to Thomas H & mothers surname added to 'Rhoda']
- '11cen Charles Edward at school, an orphan inmate at an institution at Watford, Hertfordshire, b.Wandsworth : a Charles Edward b.Wandsworth Lon Jul>Sep 1896
- [a Rhoda, teacher 1906 ?] :
- Charles served in Egypt from 30 Aug 1915; from WW1 medal index card
- The Fallen of the 1/16th London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles), from 2/2nd London Regt: photo from gommecourt.co.uk

Note 10: Charles William Soper, Private, nr32160 Bedfordshire Regiment, d.9/12 Apr 1917, [added; age 23, b.1893; parents Charles & Jane of Luton, Beds]; d.France, Pas de Calais; bur.Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt; Grave ref IE.37; from CWGC [2 from other Regs also d.9-12th at cemetery] : His Grave Registration Report Form; Plot 1, Row E; 27 Nov 1920 scan
- [Charles W Soper : Bedfordshire Regiment Private nr3554 : then Bedfordshire Regiment Private nr32160]
- 1893 Charles William Soper b.Jul>Sep 1893 Luton to Charles & Jane Fox m.1883 Wolverton, Hants]
, St Luke, Lon - '01cen : Charles 39 straw hat blocker at 36 Burr St, Luton, Beds; Jane 38 straw hat finisher; Rose 14; Walter 12; Lily; Charles 9; Maud 8 {Mabel?}; Harry 5; Fredrick 3; Frank 2 all b.Luton, Beds; scan
- '11cen assume; at (3 Marsh Rd?) Luton, Charles William Soper 49, Jane 48: Walter 22: Lily 20: Charles William Soper 17: Mabel 15: Horace 12: Edward 9: Frederick 8 (parents assumed from this)
- [Charles W Soper, Private..., Bedfordshire Regiment, nr3554 [different nr from CWGC] : assume brother Walter nr3555 next number]
- 1915 Pte C W nr.3554 (& bro.Pte W nr.3555) of 1/5th Bedfords of 81 Boyle St, Luton; On 26 Jul 1915, regiment given rousing send-off on St Albans train to Devonport & sailed to Gallipoli source
- Feuchy Cemetery photo 1 (grave arrowed), 2, 3, 4 (memorial by cemetery) & 5
- 1917 Charles William Soper army nr.32160 d.1917; His will available; www.goc.uk (�6ea)
- 1917 Pte Charles William Soper, 32160, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Reg killed in action. In letter to parents Charles & Jane Soper at 81 Boyle St, Luton, 2nd Lieut Dudley W Wright wrote he was killed in the last great advance,11 Apr; shot through head, his death must have been instantaneous. After school, Pte Soper 'Jim' a moulder at Diamond foundry, Dallow Rd. Joined Beds Reg May 1914, saw service in Egypt from July 1915. Invalided home with dysentery. Recuperating at Halton Camp, [Lancs]. Went to France Nov 1916. [photo above] source

Note 11: Edgar Bradford Soper, Trooper Household Battalion died 24 Oct 1917, age 33; Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport
: parents Edward Soper m.Alice Mary Surridge Bradford Jul>Sep 1883, Crediton, Devon (bmd)
: Edgar Bradford Soper b Jan>Mar 1884 St Thomas Devon
: '91cen Edward Soper 52 at St Petrock. Dev, b.Hennock, Dev; Alice M S Soper 40 b.Cheriton Fitzpaine, Dev; Edgar B Soper 7; Rey P Soper 6 both b.Doddiscombsleigh Dev; Victor Soper 4 b.Shobrooke, Dev scan: [parents added to CWGC record from this]
: Edgar Bradford Soper & James Surridge Bradford witnessed m.1901 at Holy Trinity, Littleham & Exmouth, of Elizabeth Bradford 30 spinster, (father William Bradford deceased, tanner) & Stephen Berlbin 29, journalist both of 21 Victoria Rd, Exmouth belbin.net
: Edgar B Soper nr.2595 received service medal, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : ref WO 372/18 : From Britishwargraves.org.uk Grave Photo; 'Service Nr 2595' & 'Died of Wounds'
: (age 33 & DofB added to above record from bmd)
: '91cen Edward 52 at St Petrock. Dev, b.Hennock, Dev; Alice M S 40 b.Cheriton Fitzpaine, Dev; Edgar B 7; Rey P 6 both b.Doddiscombsleigh Dev; Victor 4 b.Shobrooke, Dev scan: [parents added to CWGC record from this]
: '01cen Edgar B Soper 18 drapers assistant at 49-53 Fleet St, Tormoham with Torquay', Dev; b.Doddiscombsleigh; with 26 other unm drapers servants under a housekeeper scan; scan b
: '11cen Edgar Bradford Soper 27unm draper's ass retail, b.Doddiscombsleigh Christow, Dev with mother Alice Mary Surridge Soper 56 married, at 24 Belmont Rd, St Andrew, Bristol; b.Chilton Dev; Alice Mary 19 & Nora Lilian 18 milliner's ass both b.St George, Exater, Dev, & unm boarders (drapers ass) Reginald William Gibbs 24 b.Bristol; Richard Clegg 29 b.Ormskirk & boarder William Rees Charles 29 b.Mon; & bespoke tailor William Pascoe 44 b.Mon, his wife 47 & son 10
: Le Treport on the Channel coast contained several war hospitals; 2,357 casualties at the cemetery
: Edgar B Soper m.Florence E Hector Oct>Dec 1915, Shepton Mallet
- Joan M Soper b.Oct>Dec 1916 Bristol, Glos (mother ne Hector); Post Office telephonist
: Edgar Bradford Soper d.24 Oct 1917, nr2595, Trooper, Household Battalion of 41 Cornwall Rd, Bishopston, Bristol, Glos; died France; 'administration (with will)' Bristol 20 Feb 1918 to Florence Ellen Soper, widow; estate �130 14s 1d ; from Probate Calender, scan -? [service number added to CWGC record from this]
: Edgar Bradford Soper's memorial card, from his wife. A Memorial folder with abt 7 postcards in, One showed a tree planting ceremony, presumably in his memory; auctioned on egay 2013 & for sale 2015 for �12 : [photos right]
: Florence Ellen Soper d.19 Feb 1934, widow of 41 Cornwall Rd, Bishopston, Bristol, Glos; died Bristol Mental Hospital; 'admin (limited)' Bristol 5 Apr 1934 to Clifford Victor Hector [Florence nee Hector], corporation official, Frederick Chetwode Barton, commercial traveller; estate �537 9s ; from Probate Calender, scan [Florence E (c1890-1934) d.Jan>Mar, Bristol, age 44]

Note 12: E F Soper : The only mention of E F Soper is from War Memorial, "men of Plympton St Maurice, Devon, who laid down their lives WW1"; he is not mentioned in The Commonwealth War Graves Commission's lists
- No EFS in the Ancestry war death list; No suitable death in GRO index, but unlikely anyhow.
- ??an Ernest Frank Soper was a private in The Royal Army Service Corps in WW1 nr T/328259 : ref WO 372/18 www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : This is the only 'E.F.' with service medal, but this is a pure guess, there are many 'E's' (an Ernest Frank b.Jan>Mar 1897, Exeter, Dev : '11cen 14 in Exeter, Dev; b.St Pauls, parents William Henry mechanic 40 & Emma Jane 43)
- a Edward Frederick Soper b.Oct>Dec 1884, Plympton, Dev (bmd)
- '01cen Edward F (c1878-?) 'navy men', 17, boy 1st class; on HMS Howe, 1st Class Battle Ship, Station Coast of Ireland , at Portland, Weymouth, Dor, b.Egg Buckland, Plympton, Dev; scan, scan a, b, c
- '11cen Edward F Soper (c1884-?) age 27 'Military' at Portland/Friar Grove, Weymouth, Dorset; b.Buckland, Dev
- see Edward Frederick Soper's naval record

Note 13: Edward James Soper Private Hampshire Regiment. b.1872 to George (late) & Elizabeth; wife Emily** (late); born Steventon; resident of Kingsclere, Hampshire; died 26 Apr 1915, age 43 at West Vlaanderen, Belgium. Name on Ypres (now Leper), Menin Gate Memorial
- Edward James Soper recorded as as 'F J Soper' by Commonwealth War Graves Commission, corrected by grandaughter, Rosemary Soper, Cardiff, Jan'08
: perhaps 'James' Pvt, E.Surrey Reg 1892-1902
: On Kingsclere War Memorial Memorial Picture from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : ref WO 3/5000 : Family living Steventon, Hants from CWGC: Residing Kingsclere, Hants & b.Steventon. Hants military-genealogy.com
: **CWGC note mentions George as "late" as probably drawn up well after 1920. Not sure why wife recorded as Emily, she was recorded as Emma Jane '11cen & other sources [so CWGC change from 'Emily (late)' to Emma Jane]; from Gerald Soper Sep'14
: Edward J Soper, Private, Hampshire Regiment, nr1132313; Issued Service Medal : [given to all soldiers]
: Edward James Soper; bpt.12 Nov 1871 St Nicholas, Steventon, [b.Oct>Dec Basingstoke] to George (c1841-1909) & Elizabeth Prior (c1847-1904) who m.1866 Ashe & Dean, Hants
: Edward m.Emma Jane Winterbourne 7 Jan 1909 (job coachman), St Mary, Kingsclere, (wit: Daisy Powell & Frank Webb); dau [from Gerald Soper's line]
- dau Doris Ellen Soper b.Jul>Sep 1909, Kingsclere, Hants; bpt.15 Aug St Mary, Kingsclere; clerk 17 sailed to Quebec, Canada Sept 1926 (m.1946 Toronto*)
: ['81cen Edward 9 at Steventon, father a bootmaker, wife & 7 children] :
: ['91cen parents with 4 youngest kids]
: ['11cen Edward James 37 coachman (domestic) in 6 rooms at Swan Street, Kingsclere, Hants; b.Steverton, Whitchurch, Hants; Emma Jane 41 dressmaker {m.2y, 1 birth}; Doris Ellen 1 both b.Kingsclere & gen dom serv Florence Emily Holley 15 b.Kingsclere scan]
: Emma d.Apr>Jun 1921 age 51 St George Hanover Sq, Lon; bur.23 Apr 1921 at Islington Cemetery

Note 14: Edward W Sopers's grave Romeries Cemetery Loddiswell War Memorial - Edward William Soper Private nr.28108 Royal Warwickshire Reg d.20 Oct 1918, age 35 b.1883 Loddeswell; resident Newton Abbot, Dev; bur.Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord; grave Iv. E. I
- Edward W Soper : Recorded as E W Soper : 'Edward' came from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : ref WO 372/18. His nr.28108 : born Loddeswell, Dev : resident Newton Abbot, Dev from military-genealogy.com & Romeries Communal Cemetery
- Romeries Cemetery photo 1, 2, 3, 4 (grave arrowed) & 5
- - Edward William Soper b.Apr>Jun 1883, Kingsbridge Reg Dist, Dev (inc Loddeswell); grandparents Tom m.Mary Grace Hine 1860 Kingsbridge [perhaps mother their unm dau?] (DofB & age 35 added to CWGC from bmd)
- '91cen Edward W 8 scholar b.Loddiswell with grandparents Thomas 52 farm lab at Courtledge, Loddiswell, Dev; b.Diptford, Dev; Mary G 49; & children George H 27unm farm lab; 'Lavinia' [Leah?] 25unm; William H 17 farm lab; Margaret 15; Elizabeth 9 scholar; Lucy 6 scholar & grandson Edward W 8 scholar�all b.Loddiswell, Dev scan [was Lavinia mother?] widowed grand-mother at Courtledge, Loddiswell. In 1901,
- '01cen Mary G Soper 59 widow in 4 rooms at 9 Courtledge, Loddiswell; dau Margaret 25unm visitor & grand-son "William E" Soper 18 apprentice blacksmith; dau Lucy laundress 16, all b.Loddiswell. (RG 13/2082; folio 8; p.7); scan
- '11cen Edward W Soper 28 blacksmith at Kingsbridge, Dev; b.Dev
- 23 Nov 1915 E W S Enlisted at Newton Abbot, Army Service Corp; 25y 240d; shoeing smith of 4 Sherbourne Rd. Newton Abbott, Dev; 5ft 7�in; 161lbs; chest 40�>43in; Good physical development; 6 vaccination marks; revaccinated 1893; eyes 6/6; found fit for active service at home or abroad but discharged after 7 days service at Woolwich; Next of Kin; brother* George, Wells St, Loddiswell; WW1 records scans [*did he know George was recorded as his uncle in '91cen?] : 3m later compulsory conscription introduced so presumably them EWS joined Warwickshire Reg|
- Edward W Soper, Private, Royal Warwickshire Reg, nr28108; Issued British Medal (to all WW1 soldiers)
- Edward William Soper d.20 Oct 1918, of Union Hotel, Newton Abbot, Dev; died in France; 'administration (with will)' London 15 Jul 1919 to Hannah Soper (wife of Tom Soper); estate �95 3s 5d; from Probate Calender, scan : [?perhaps Tom [of Union Hotel] his uncle; m.Hannah 1894?] signature
- On Loddiswell War Memorial (right) as "W Soper"; Pvt.28108; webpage adds "Private Edward William Soper of the 10th Battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Reg; formerly 27427 of the Reserve Cavalry Regiment. Wife Jane Soper. b.Loddiswell 1883". devonheritage
- 10th Bat Royal Warwickshires at Battle of the Selle River 18 Oct-3 Nov on the final advance through Picardy into Belgium; On the day he died the advance crossed the Selle & captured Romeries Village 2m east; 21 days later at the Armitice the Bat in billets nr.Bavay (15m furthur E) & disbanded in Dec; google maps & source : Perhaps more details in a book on the war diaries of Lt Charles Herbert Lander of 10th Bn's 1914-9?
- Royal Warwickshire Regt raised 30 battalions; 10th (Service) Batt the Royal Warwickshire Regt. formed at Warwick in Sep 1914 part of (Kitcheners 2nd Army). To Salisbury Plain in 57th Brigade, 19th (Western) Div. To winter billets Dec 1914. Concentrated around Tidworth early 1915; To France 17 Jul 15; 11 Nov 18 located west of Bavai, France : source
- Assumed William Soper on Loddiswell war memorial [right] was Edward William Soper b.1883; In '01cen Mary Soper called her grandson "William E" source; from Alan Greveson

Edwin Charles Soper's WW1 grave Note 15: Edwin Charles Soper Pvte, nr.38431 2nd/6th Bn , Gloucestershire Regiment died 19 Aug 1917, age 32; b.Salisbury c1885; Son of Alfred Emile Soper & Elizabeth Soper of 92 Addington Rd, Reading, Berks / wife Elsie A Pickthorne (formerly Soper), 7 Midland Terrace, Keighley, Yorks : [(cemetery added from) I.A.6. Oxford Road Cemetery (Sint Jan) : West Vlaanderen Belgium, 554 casualties there) : inmemories.com]
- Alfred & Elizabeth m.1884 lost a 2nd son, John Elford, 3 days later : his wife re-married (Elsie A Soper m. Mr Pickerthorne Apr>Jun 1919 Keighley, Yorks) : Edwin Charles Soper, address given as; Pitcroft Ave, Reading, Berks (possibly his parents house) www.archivebritain.com : 3 : Presume names in 1901 census at Reading, St Giles, Berks : Alfred (40), a watchman at biscuit factory, b.Russia (Brit Subj) : Elizabeth (45) b.Hawkshurst, Dorset : Edwin Soper (c1886) , age 15, b.Fisherton, Wilts : a Labourer At Biscuit Factory
- '11cen John Elford 21 clerk biscuit factory with parents Alfred Emile Soper 50 at 92 Addington Rd , Reading, [a government/railway/factory/watchman] b.Russia; wife Elizabeth 55 b.Dorset, [m.32y 3 birthgs, 2 alive] 6 kids all b.Reading; Edwin Charles 25 carpenter, Alfred William 23 [commercial clerk factory] & John Elford 21 clerk biscuit factory, Myra 20 dressmaker, Nellie 17, Albert Edward 14 both at school
- Mentioned in book 'Berkshire and the War' compiles 1914-19 www.its-your-history.com
- Edwin Charles of Glosters nr38431; 92 Addington Rd, Reading & of 7 Midland Terrace s.19 Aug 1917; with brother Alfred Emiel Soper died 3 days later on St Lukes, Erleigh Rd memorial source
- born Salisbury, added from military-genealogy.com : but Edwin Charles Soper b.Jul>Sep 1885 Alderbury, Wilts ; m.not vis bmd
- Not visable in war service medal list, unless the Edwin C Soper, Private, Somerset Light Infantry, nr33168
- Edwin Soper Gloucestershire Reg d.WW1 1917 at Passchendaele; Joe Dormer, Soper's gr.gr.nephew at his grave Oxford Road cemetery, Wieltje, Ypres, Belgium photo Mar�14 Daiuly Mail

Note 16: Ernest Soper Pvt nr.266840 2nd/1st Bucks Bn, Oxford & Bucks Light Inf; d.1 Apr 1918 CWGC [parents & age added from census; if correct Ernest Frederick Soper; death place 'Somme' assumed from memorial]
Pozieres Memorial : photo of memorial
- nr.2595 from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : ref WO 372/18 : Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Private nr4706. Then Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Private nr266840 :
- Ernest Soper 'born Weyhill, Hants' living Weyhill : added from www.findmypast.com
- 'Earnest' Frederick Soper b.Jul>Sep 1885 to Thomas Soper & Eliza Spicer m.1877, both Andover RD, Hants
- '91cen Ernest F 5 b.Amport with Thomas 36 & Eliza 34 at White House, Amport, Hants : [Weyhill & Amport 3m apart]
- '01cen Ernest 16 boarder & William Thomas 22 servant, both domestic grooms at Roshe Court, East Winterslow, Wilts, b.Weyhill, Hants: in household of magistrate Thomas T S Metcalfe 50, wife, cook, butler & 3 maids [next door a coachman at Roche Lodge & farm baliff in Roshe Court Fm]; scan
- '11cen Ernest 25unm, stableman in 3 rooms at The Kennels, South Tidworth, Andover, Hants; b.Weyhill, Hants & other hunt servants Norman Moral Pewey 19unm kennelman b.Hurstbourne Tarrant & Mathew Townsend 30unm whipper-in b.Leiscan
- Grave photo on Britishwargraves.org.uk at Pozieres Memorial, says '2nd/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry'
- E Soper on Ludgershall War Memorial, Wilts
- In Memoriam; In ever loving memory of our dear boy, Pte E Soper, reported missing 21 Mar 1918, now officially reported dead. Shall we forget him? Never! For love�s bright golden chin will link us to our darling boy until we meet again. A devoted son, loving brother, one of God�s best to his father & mother. From his sorrowing parents, sisters & brother, 4 Belmont Cottages, Ludgershall. Andover Advertiser 12 Sep 1919 : Commemorated: , St James� Church Memorial Plaque, Salisbury Cathedral Book of Remembrance source

Note 17: Ernest James Soper
- Sergeant Ernest James Soper of "A" Supply C, Army Service Corps. Son of Tom & Sarah Soper of Torquay; husband of Louisa A H Soper (n�e Sanders), of 15, Sanford Crescent, Chelston. b.Torquay 1875. d.17 Sept 1915 aged 40. bur.Torquay Cemetery.
- 1 of 41 on 1914-18 War Memorial at St George & St Mary church, Cockington devonheritage.org
- 'James' & 'born Torquay : resident Chelston, Devon' from military-genealogy.com
- ?however no Ernest visable in war medal list; only Ernest Frank Soper, Private, Royal Army Service Corps, nrT/328259
- James Ernest Soper b.Apr>Jun 1875 Torquay RD to Tom Soper m.Sarah Parsons Oct>Dec 1868 in Newton Abbott RD
- '81cen Ernest J with parents Tom & Sarah & siblings 27 Carlton Terrace, Tormoham, Torquay
- '91cen Ernest 16 solicitor's clerk with Tom 43 jeweller & watch jobber at 10 Victoria Parade, Tormoham; b.Torquay; Sarah 46 b.Luton, Beds; Arthur 21unm jeweller/watch jobber; Jessie 18 pupil teacher; Ernest 16 solicitor's clerk; Percy 12 scholar�all b.Torquay scan
- '01cen> Tom 53 married watchmaker at 10 Victoria Parade; Ernest 25unm law clerk; Percy 22 joiner carpenter all b.Torquay, Dev scan
- 'Ernest James Soper' m.Louisa Agnes H Sanders Jul>Sep 1901 both Newton Abbott dist, d.WW1
- '11cen Ernest James 35 law clerk, solicitors office, in 6 rooms at 10 Victoria Parade, Tormoham, Newton Abbot, Dev; b.Torquay, Dev; Louisa Agnes Halfyard Soper 36 {m.10y, 2 births, both alive}; Kenneth Jack 9; Leslie Tom 3 all b.Torquay & m-in-law Susan Tozer Waymouth Sanders 64 widow b.Torquay scan
- Ernest James of 15 Sanford Crescent, Chelston, Torquay; d.17 Sep 1915 at Connaught Hospital Aldershot, Hants; left will; Probate 1915 London 9 Nov to Louisa Agnes Halfyard Soper widow. Effects �92

Note 18: Frank George Victor Soper : gunner nr.354439 Royal Garrison Artillery d.19 Dec 1916 Somme, age 19; parents George James & Selina of 146 Priory Rd, Southampton (St Denys), Hampshire; bur.Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, France
- 2 Franks Soper service numbers 352439 & nr 1207, in Royal Garrison Artillery in www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : [www.southamptoncenotaph.com says same Frank]
- 1901 census Portswood, Hants : Frank Soper (c1898) age 3 : Selina Soper, 29 : George Soper, 28, a china & glass packer, all b.Southampton
- Frank George Victor Soper, on Southampton Cenotaph & Roll of Honour
- His father George James Soper (1877-?) also in RGA 1908-1920, a Quarter Master Sgt see war record
- Frank George V Soper b.Oct>Dec 1897, Southampton (bmd)
- Frank Soper, Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, nr1207 Service Medal : Frank Soper, Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, nr352439
- His service record has not survived; a gunner of 4th seige battery, RGA; awarded Britiash Empire campaign Medal, British War Medal & Victory Medal; from southamptoncenotaph.com

Note 19: Frederick C Soper Pvt 201693 Hampshire Reg d.17 Oct 1918; b.Woodmancott, Hants; bur.Tehran War Cemetery, Iran; from CWRC [Woodmancott 1m SW Popham, 9m NE Winchester] [parents, dofb & age added to CWRC record]
- recorded as F C Soper but 'Frederick' assumed from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : First Hampshire Regiment Private nr4136, then Hampshire Regiment Private nr201693 resident 'Woodmancott, Hants' & 'Charles' assumed from military-genealogy.com : parents assumed &^ added to CWGC record above
- Memorial at St Lukes, Portsmouth, photo on britishwargraves
- 321r army nr.201693 d.1918; His will available; www.goc.uk (�6ea)
- F C Soper nr.4136 Territorial Force , Exe...; on sick & wounded list; WW1; WO 363; WW1 records 1 page scan :
- Frederick Charles Soper b.Apr>Jun 1896 Chilbolton [Andover] to William & Sarah Jane Perry m.1884, Andover
- '01cen William J 40 carter on farm at Farm House, Axford, Preston Candover, Hants; b.Andover; Sarah 39 b.Bullington; Edith E 10; Violet M 7; Frederick C 5 all b.Chilbolton; Alven E 2 b.PC; scan
: '11cen James* (c1853-?) 58 head [farm carter/labr] at Woodmancote, Micheldever Station, Hants; Jane 48 m.24y; Violet May 17; Frederick Charles 15 son under carter; Alvin Edwin 13; Gertrude Louisa 10; William James 8 all b.Hants; Richard Sidney Thomas 1 b.Steverton, Hants : [*both William & James - he was William James]
- 1913 served as a boy from 20 Mar 1913; Navy service record
- 1914 served on HMS Defense from 23 June 1914, initially as a boy
- 1915 joined up on 19 Jan 1915 for 12 years
- Frederick C Pvte 4146 Hampshire Reg on WW1 Service Medals List

Note 20: Frederick Charles Soper d.31 May 1916, HMS Defence J23882 : Rating; able seaman : b.19 Jan 1897, Plymouth; parents Charles & Jessie of 18 Mount St, Plymouth, Devon: Died, age 18 as a direct result of enemy action 31 May 1915; Body not recovered for burial : Relative notified: Mother, Jessie; 18 Mount St, Plymouth. from 'Naval Casualties 1914-19' from find my past : DofB & mother & address added to CWG records from this (&father from '11cen)
: Battle of Jutland, off Denmark, 1916, the largest naval battle of all time : HMS Defence was the 1st Cruiser Squadron's flagship. Built 1907, these armored cruisers had been made obsolete by modern Dreadnoughts. The squadron came into range of German capital ships when passing between British & German fleets to attacked a disabled German cruiser. It's cordite magazine exploded. All 893 crew died. A 2nd Soper died later that day when all hands lost on HMS Black Prince, a sister ship in the squadron
- Memorial photo available from British War Graves service nr J/23882 : crew list
- Frederick Charles Soper b.Jan>Mar 1897, Plymouth to Charles & Jessie Wright m.1887, Plymouth
: Frederick Charles Soper b.19 Jan 1897 Plymouth, Devon nr.J23882, Admiralty: Registers of Seamen's Services (from Nat Archives)
:Frederick C Soper able seaman nr.J.23882, RN; Awarded Star, Victory Medal, Europe, British War Medal; Medals issued St/V/B/FR; LC.7870/1916; scan
: F C Soper served on HMS Defense from 23 Jun 1914 as a boy & joined up 19 Jan 1915 for 12y [18th bd]; naval record
: '11cen Charles 44 head, carpenter joiner at 18 North St, Plymouth, Dev; b.Dev; Jessie 46 Frederick 14; Doris 8; Christine 8, all at school b.Dev

Note 21: Frederick George Soper Gunner nr.11079, B Battery, 46 Division, Royal Field Artillery; d.3 Apr 1918 Somme, age 23; parents Fredrick William & Emma; 271 Manor Farm Rd, Bitterne Park, Southampton, Hants (b.S'ton); bur.Ribemont Communal Cemetery, France map : Recorded as F G Soper, but 'Frederick G' assumed from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk, nr.11079 (There was another - perhaps the same - Frederick G Soper in the Royal Horse Artillery Gunner nr51646, then Royal Horse Artillery Gunner nr1001461 ) : a Fredrick William Soper from Barnes also lost a son, possibly the same father : 'George' assumed from birth (registered bmd Jul>Sep) 1894 Southampton : [father Frederick William pvt WW1 & m.Emma Thompson, S'ton 1890]
- Frederick George Soper Southampton Cenotaph & Roll of Honour : Memorial Photos
- Mobilised 5 Aug 1914; drafted to Dardanelles; Awarded Bronze Victory Medal, Bronze Star & Silver British War Record; from southamptoncenotaph
- FGS's index card records he served Egypt from 14 Jul 1915
- Fredrick George Soper b.Jul>Sep 1894 Southampton RD to Frederick William m.Emma Thompson Jul>Sep 1890, Southampton; FWS's biog in war records : [ESs line] : [mother Emma added to CWGC record]
- F G Soper, Gunner, Royal Field Artillery (11079 Gnr, RFA); 3 medals for auction 1914-5 Star, British War & Victory Medals (11079 Gnr RA), good very fine or better (9) sold with 2 other sets from killed soldiers for �130; Feb 1998; source; Gunner 11079 RFA on WW1 Service Medal List.

Note 22: Frederick Henry Soper Private nr.29611 Herefordshire Regiment b.4 Sep 1918 Powderham, Devon; d.Belgium, W-Vlaanderen; bur.Wytschaete Military Cemetery, Heuvelland : Iii. D. 5
- 'born Powderham, Devon' & 'Frederick Henry' added from military-genealogy.com; also parents & age added & 'Herefordshire Reg' changed to Hertfordshire Reg from war memorial
- Pvt Frederick Henry Soper 29611 1st/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment; formerly 8/116668 in Devonshire Regiment Powderham War Memorial : [photo on right]
- Frederick H Soper of 'Hert' Reg in index to War Deaths
- b.Jan>Mar 1900 in St Thomas [Exeter] RD to John Henry Soper & Mary Jane Tuck's m.1888 at Holy Cross, Crediton, Dev; with parents '01 & '11cen; seems unm*
- Enlisted Powderham & served in the Herts Reg of Shropshire Light Infantry. *from Gerald Soper Sep'14
- Frederick & elder brother 'Archie'; both on Powderham War Memorial source : [photo on right] : Archibald Cyril Tuck Soper d.Sep 1915 age 28 France see
- '01cen Frederick H 1 b.Powderham, Dev with John Henry 39 gen ag lab at Rose Cottage, Powderham Rd, Powderham, Dev; b.Halwil, Dev; Mary J 39 b.Fakenham, Norfolk; Archibald C T 13 gamekeepers helper b.Paignton, Dev; Ethel Maud 11 b.Dawlish, Dev; Selina F 9; Edith M 8; Nelius J 6; Philip E 5; Sidney G 2; Frederick H 1 all b.Powderham; scan
: '11cen Fredrick Henry 11 with parents John Henry 50 woodman on farm in 6 rooms at Rose Cottage, Pwderham, Exmouth, St Thomas; b.Dev; Mary Jane 49 {m.24y, 10 births, all alive [v.rare-then WW1]} b.Farnham, Norfolk Nelius John 16 labourer on farm; b.Dev; Philip Edward 14 ass game keeper; b.Dev; Sidney George 12; Fredrick Henry 11; Winnifred Jane 10; Ivor Alfred 7 all at school all b.Powderham, Dev; also boarders Ethel Maud Hamlyn, dau & {m.10m, 1 birth} & grandson William Alfred Hamlyn 9m, both b.Powderham scan

Note 23:
- Frederick J Soper (Fred) Private 16437; Devonshire Regiment d.20 Jul 1916, age 24; b.c1892 to Fred & Bessie; Residence 60 Babbacombe Rd, Torquay; b.East Allington, Dev; died Somme, France; memorial Thiepval Memorial : [see right]: Pier & Face 1 C CWGC record; see web page on Fred
- Fred Soper ["Frederick J 'Fred' Soper b.June>Aug 1892" added from East Allington War Memorial] : Private nr16437 of the 8th Batallion which landed at Le Havre, 26 July 1915 : attached to 20th Brigade, 7th Division. The battalion attacked at 3.15am from positions south of High Wood, many of the 201 casualties were caused by British artillery falling short. See web page on Fred : Links 1, 2 : A Frederick Soper 'killed in action' on St Mary's WW1 War Memorial, Rattery (4m NW of Totnes)
- F J Soper WW1 on Torquay Town Memorial (&?) on Church, Memorial
- Wilton Memorial, Wilts have a F W Soper who died, Fred is the only 'F' without a second name recorded. It is at Lloyds Stone Masons, Great Bedwyn, Wilts
'born East Allington, Devon' assumed from military-genealogy.com & added to CWGS record
- Fred Soper b.Apr>Jun 1892, Kingsbridge RD to Fred & Bessie Shute who m.Apr>Jun 1891 (bmd)

Note 24: George Soper Private nr.3/5165 Devonshire Regiment; d.14 May 1916, age 30; b.1886 to William & Mary Ann ? of Horrabridge, Dartmoor; born Chudleigh, Devon; died Somme, France; memorial; Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension : D34
- George Soper : Horrabridge War Memorial : Presume the George Soper nr5165, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
- Grave photo on British War Graves.com & adds '2nd Bn' & 'Service Nr 3/5165' : born Chudleigh, Devon from www.findmypast.com
- George Soper army nr.5165 d.1916; His will available; www.goc.uk (�6ea)
- George Soper, Private, Devonshire Regiment, nr5165; on WW1 service medal list

Note 25: George Soper Private 45739 Royal Irish Fusiliers d.19 Apr 1918; age 26 W-Vlaanderen, Belgium; b.c1892 to Thomas & Elizabeth of 73 Crampton St, Newington Butts; wife Elizabeth of 37 Newport St, Lambeth; Lon; no know grave; on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke : Panel 140 To 141; from CWGC :
- George's WW1 record attested Jan 1916, Jul BEF to France; 7 Jun 17 wounded; 10 Jun Birmingham hospital; 30 Mar 18 to France; d. 7-19 Apr
- Private George Soper (45739) formerly London Regiment (722478 [or 5571]), b.Southwark, Sy, enlisted Surrey, listed in war diary of 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers : northirishhorse.net : (?a George was Pvt nr11336, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, from www.nationalarchives)
- Private George Soper (45739) Killed this day 19 Apr 1918 from diary of 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers � [on previous day 18 Apr unit recieved heavy casualties while moving into position 2am from Clydesdale Camp to Kemmel (in Belgium, 20m NE of Lille) after 2d R&R], from enemy shelling; source
- Ireland Casualties of World War I, differs & says; died France [same date] & of '9th Royal Irish Rifles' [so not the Royal Irish Fusiliers??] ancestry.com
- WW1 medal card has London Regt 5571 as well. no George entry for Queens or RIF
- George Soper m.Elizabeth McCombe 2 Sep 1917 St Jude Southwark
- [??Unit trained Harfleur, France Sep 1917; ??Dismounted Feb 1918 to become V Corps Cyclist Battalion] : [another soldier in battalion on Tyne Cott memorial because his Kemmel Cemetery grave was lost]
- George Soper Private 24th Queen's (Royal West Surrey Reg) & Royal Irish Fusiliers; Joined Mar 1916; after training, to Western Front. In heavy fighting in Bescome? sector. At Aras & Ypres & was wounded. 1918 killed in action; Entitled to General Service & Victory Medals; of 35 Newport St, Kennington, SE 12 National Roll of Honor

Note 26: George Henry Soper Private 240610 Devonshire Regiment; d.20 Sep 1916; age 30; b.1886 to William & ?; wife Rhoda Maria of10 Mainstone Ave Cattedeown, Plymouth, Devon; d.Basra, Iraq; on Basra Memorial, Iraq : 11 [mother added to CWGCs database]
: G H Soper, Private, Devonshire Regiment attached Dorsetshire Regiment, nr2254 : refWO 372/24 WW1 service medal list
: George Henry Soper (c1886-1916) : Stanley Terraces, Prince Rock, Plymouth (father) born Powderham, Dev from www.findmypast.com : Presume the George H Soper, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk. First Devonshire Regiment Private nr2254 then Devonshire Regiment Private nr240610 : G H Soper,a member of the congregation of St Judes Church, Belmont Rd, Plymouth on St Jude's Memorial [Albert Lear Soper (c1891-1917) also on memorial, not brother] 'born Plymouth' from military-genealogy.com
: entered twice on WW1 service medal list; George H Soper, Private, Devonshire Regiment, nr2254 & G H Soper, Private nr2254, Devonshire Regiment attached Dorsetshire Regiment : refWO 372/24
: George Henry b.Mar>Jul 1886; parents William John & Ann Maria Hayman m.Jul>Sep 1877; George m.Rhoda Maria Jewell Apr>Jul 1907 all Plymouth RD
: '91 George with parents & siblings in Plymouth
: '01cen George H 15; with William J 47 blacksmith in 4 rooms at 178 Grenville Rd, Plymouth, Dev, b.Sidmouth, Dev; Ann M 45 b.Kingsbridge, Dev; Ann M 22; Edith J 20 dress maker; George H 15; Alice L 12 all b.Plymouth; scan
: '11cen George Henry (c1885-?) 26 son in law [farm drayman] at 25 Peel St, East Stonehouse, Dev; b.-, Dev, Rhoda Maria 23 b.Plympton, St Mary Parish, Dev, Leonard William George 3 b.Dev, George Henry 1 b.Dev; with his Jewell in laws
: George Henry Soper d.20 Sep 1916, age 30
: G H Soper Devon Regt attached Dorset Regt (Plymouth) Awarded DCM; Mentioned 13 Dec 1917 & supp 12 Dec 1917 in London Gazette
: Rhoda M Soper (c1887-1927) d.Jan>Mar 1927, age 40, Plymouth, Dev

Note 27: George Norman Soper Serjeant, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, died 6 Oct 1915, age 25, parents Giles & Elizabeth; d.Pas de Calais, France; bur.Rue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, : I. A. 4
: 'born Camberwell, London' added from military-genealogy.com : awarded a service medal Serjeant nr 11226
- [son of Giles Soper b.Padworth, Berks 1847 Rootsweb record who m.Elizabeth Hunt Jul>Sep 1873 London City]
: '01cen George 11; with Elizabeth 49 widowed general shop keeper at 74 Jocelyn St, Camberwell, Lon; b.Silchester, Hants; Lily 24 underclothing machinist, b.Islington, Lon; Arthur 18 warehouse porter; Lewis 17 plumbers ass; Helena 14 laundry assistant; George 11 all b.E.Dulwich, Lon; scan
- ['11cen George Norman 21unm porter, silk warehouse with brother Arthur 28unm porter, woollen warehouse in 4 rooms at 18 Amott Rd, E.Dulwich, SE, Camberwell, Lon; sister Helena 24unm laundress; all b.Camberwell : scan (Arthur d.WW1 1916)]
- service in France from 23 Jul 1915. WW1 medal card
- George Soper army nr.11226 d.1915; His will available; www.goc.uk (�6ea)

Note 28: Harry Albert Thomas Soper Private nr.491991 London Regiment d.16 Aug 1917, age 38, b.1879 to Alfred (late) & Rose ; home 15 Carthew Rd, Hammersmith, London d.W-Vlaanderen, Belgium; The Huts Cemetery, Ieper : Iv. A. 4. CWGC record
: Harry Albert Thomas Soper Pvt, London Reg, 16 Aug 1917, age 38; buried Ieper, The Huts Cemetery : (also recorded 'Harrey') London Reg ; 1st Private nr4950 : then Private nr4991991 : from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : ref WO 372/18 : 'Thomas' added from military-genealogy.com
: [The Huts cemetery from line of field ambulance huts along Dikkebus to Brandhoek Rd, used in 1917 Allied offensive]
: Harry A T Soper (1879-?) nr.2884 Royal Field Artillery 1902-?; 5ft 5�in; weight 133; chest 33�in 2" expansion; fresh complexion; blue eyes; dark brown hair; C of E; tattoo pierced heart & anchor, left arm & circle in square left calf; father at 64 Biscay Rd, Hammersmith; brother William at 74 Biscay Rd 1902 A watchmaker, attested 27 Nov 1902, for 12 years [so b~1879] age 23; Driver 27 Dec 1902, joined Woolwich, A Sec, 1st Dep army record
: Harry Albert Thomas Soper b.Maidenhead, Berks; Albert Harry T Soper b.Oct>Dec 1879 Cookham RD to Alfred Albert Soper m.Rosa Trant 1873, Kensington, Lon
: father Alfred A Soper d.Oct>Dec Hammersmith RD aged 67 (so died after son Harry & 'late' refered to later records).
: '11cen Alfred Albert 61 head [florists gardener] at 64 Biscay Rd, Hammersmith [Fulham]; b.Devonport; Rosa 58 {m.39y 4 births, 3 alive} b.Dev; Harry 32unm elecrician, b.Maidenhead
: Harry Arthur Thomas Soper army nr.491991 d.1917; His will available; www.goc.uk (�6ea)

Note 29:
- Henry Soper Private 21806, Cheshire Reg; d.19 Jul 1916; living Chard, S.set; b.Bolton, Lancs; Somme, France; on Thiepval Memorial; Pier & Face 3C & 4A : See Henry's war record
- Henry Soper : Private nr421806* : from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk ref WO 372/18:
- a Henry Soper b.Bolton, Lancs in military-genealogy.com : Born Bolton, Lancs : from www.findmypast.com : [*Henry Pvt nr21806 got WW1 Service Medal]
- [?a Henry Charles Soper b.Jan>Mar 1878 Bolton (but if so he'd be 38?)]

Note 30:
- Henry Soper Pvt nr.421492 London Reg; 1/10th Batt; d.27 Nov 1917, age 19; b.c1898 father Henry of 27 Mapledene Rd, Dalston : b.Dalson, Lon; d.Remlah, Israel; bur.Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel : B. 68 Henry Soper in the London Regiment 1st Private nr2944 then Private 10th Bn London Reg, nr421492 source : [a 2nd in the London Regiment was Henry C. Private nr2392, but not him as he became a Lance Corporal in the Liverpool Reg nr381889] : from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk :
- ref WO 372/18 : 'born Woodberry, Somerset' from military-genealogy.com
- Grave photo on British War Graves.com & adds '1/10th Battalion' : Born Dalston, living Chard, Somerset from www.findmypast.com : & (photo on right)
- Henry Soper army nr.421492 d.1917; His will available; www.goc.uk (�6ea)
- Henry William A Soper b.Oct>Dec 1898 Dalston RD, Lon; bpt 25 Aug 1898 Holy Trinity, Dalston [as 'William Henry b.22 Aug'] to Henry Thomas & Caroline Theresa [Sartain]; Their only son; they m.1897
- '11cen Henry Thomas 39 [furniture / government / railway] at 72 Popham Cottages, Popham St, Islington, Lon; b.Clerkenwell, Lon; Caroline T 40 {m.13y}; b.Hoxton, Lon; Henry W A 12 school; b.Dalston, Lon Maud Lydia 8 school; b.Islington
- 1919 Henry & Caroline Soper at 27 Mapledene Road; electoral register [address in CWGC record above]
- father's 2nd name & mother aded to CWGC record above

Note 31: Horace Soper, Rifleman Training Reserve d.18 Jan 1917, b.Wandsworth, Surrey, residece Battersea, Surrey? bur.Kensal Green (All Souls') Cemetery, London : [age, parents & wife added to CWGC record above]
- Horace d.Jan>Mar 1917 age 34 Fulham
- H Soper Rifleman, Training Reserve, died 18 Jan 1917, buried Kensal Green, London : a Horace Soper on St Annes Church WW1 Memorial 'Horace' assumed from 'H' also town from military-genealogy.com
- Horace Soper b.Jan>Mar 1882 Wandsworth to James Friend Soper m.Eliza Frankham Oct>Dec 1870 Holborn RD
- '91cen James Friend 42 tailor at 95 East Hil, (St Anns), Wandsworth, Lon; b.St Pancras, Lon; Eliza 40 b.Bloomsbury, Lon; Ernest F 20unm clerk; Louisa Anne 15 both b.Clerkenwell, Lon; Isabel 12 scholar; Horace 9 scholar; Ethel Eliza 7 scholar; Frances Eda W 3 scholar & Emily Mane 1 all b.Wandsworth scan
- '01cen Horace 19 ass gen tailor with parents; James F 52 tailor (self employed) at 113 East Hill, Wandsworth, Lon; Eliza 50 both b.St Pancras, Lon; Louisa A 26 dressmaker b.Clerkenwell, Lon; James 20 plumber (employee); Horace 19 ass gen tailor; Ethel E 17 dressmaker; Francis E 13; Emily M 11 all b.Wandsworth; scan
- Horace Soper m.Ester Maudl Murrell Jul>Sep 1904, Wandsworth, Lon (bmd)
- - Gladys Esther M Soper b.Jul>Sep 1905, Wandsworth; Gladys Esther Maud Soper m.Frank Ernest Smith 1925 [of Sherbrooke, Canada; PQ 1946]
- - Reginald William H Soper b.Oct>Dec 1906, Wandsworth; Reginald William Horace Soper m.Amy Rose Page 1930 mesaieux.com
- - Harold G T Soper b.Jul>Sep 1910, Wandsworth; Harold George Thomas Soper m.Myrtle May Phillips 1932
- - Leslie F Soper b.Jan>Mar 1914, Wandsworth (mother nee Murrell); in Surrey Electorial Registers
- '11cen Horace 29 motor fitter (employee) in 4 days at 33 Bucharest Rd, Earlsfield, Wandsworth, Surrey/Lon; b.Wandsworth, Sy; Esther Maud 28 {m.6�y 3 births, all alive} b.Earlsfield, Sy; Gladys Esther Maud 5�; Reginald W H 4� both b.Wandsworth; Harold G T 8m; b.Earlsfield; & cousin Thomas Robert Henry Hopkins 42unm window cleaning contractor (self employed) b.Fetter Lane, City scan
- Mentioned in Luton News & Bedfordshire Chronicle 3 May 1917 source

Note 32: Hubert Soper Lance Corporal 47285 Lancashire Fusiliers; 2nd Btn; d.28 Mar 1918, age 21 b.1897 to Emanuel Goding Soper & Elizabeth; residence 26 South View Ter. Heavitree, Exeter, Devon (b.Woodberry S.set); d.Pas de Calais, France; on Arras Memorial; Bay 5
- Hubert Soper 2nd Bn Lancashire Fusiliers, on 28 Mar 1918; 2 companies of this battalion sustained heavy losses 1 L/Sgt, 1 Cpl, 7 L/Cpl & 33 Pvt died that day, one company being completely wiped out; from invisionzone.com
- Father, Emanuel Goding Soper, was an officer in the Bengal Ordnance Dept, India in 1888 (b.1846 : m.1889 St Thomas, Dev) www.a2a : Hurbert, age 4, was at Woodbury, Dev in '91cen, with family & other 5 siblings Sopers in India : Private nr.47285, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : ref WO 372/18
- Hubert, Private, Lancashire Fusiliers, nr47285 recieved war service medal

Note 33: John Elford Soper who m.Rockett 1884; Enlisted Tilehurst, Berks; Pvte nr.204413 2/4th Bn, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry d.22 Aug 1917 Pas de Calais, Belgium, age 29; b.1888 Reading to Alfred Emiel Soper & Elizabeth (nee Rockett) 1884; wife Daisey Kirtton; address Chapel Hill, Tilehurst, Reading, Berks; on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke : Panel 96 To 98
- John E Soper's parents: Alfred & Elizabeth lost a 2nd son, Edwin Charles, 3 days earlier :
- no obvious J Soper in service medal list, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
- J E Soper on Tilehurst War Memorial, Reading (photo right) source
- enlisted Reading, resident in Tilehurst; Formerly nr3457 Berkshire Yeomanry; ancestry.com
- Mentioned in book 'Berkshire and the War' compiles 1914-19 source : 'born Reading' from military-genealogy.com :
- In 'Clive's Berks tree'; born 1889; m.Daisy Richardson Apr>Jun 1911
- [his uncle another John Elford Soper b.1866, Battersea, Lon, to Giles Ching Soper & Emma Eldford source]
- In 1917, 100,000 troops camped among sand dunes & 15 hospitals & a convalescent depot, could deal with 22,000 wounded or sick
- John Elford Soper d.22 Aug 1917 nr.204413 Ox & Berks & 3457 Berks Yeomanry on St Lukes, Erleigh Rd memorial; with brother Edwin Charles died 3 days earlier source
- Parents Alfred Emile & Elizabeth m.1884 : [John's grandmother Miss Elford; his uncle also a John Elford Soper (1866-1956) b.Battersea, a Minnesota Dr biog]
- John Edgar Soper army nr.24413 d.1917; His will available; www.goc.uk (�6ea)
- 1919 Daisy Soper remarried Fred Kirton [b.Jul>Sep 1919 Reading] 'he was a good stepfather' to Daisy & John's 2 sons. from Janet Dormer, dau of Frederick John Soper Kirton forum; Fred & Daisy had 2 children, both d young: Frederick George Kirton 1920-21 [b.Aug-Sep & d.Apr>Jun, age 1 Reading] & Ena Sylvia Joan Kirton 1928-31 [b.Jan>Mar Bradfield & d.Apr>Jun, age 2 Reading] source
- Oxfordshire & Bucs L Inf site; 2/5th Btn in 184th (2nd South Midland) Brigade, in attack on Pond Farm [capturing its 50 machine gun fortress] & other strong posts, 22-24th Aug source

Note 34: John Gilbert Soper, Lance Corp, Royal Sussex Regiment, died 25 Sep 1917, age 38; son of Thomas Rundle & Annie, husband of Florence Soper of 91 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea; a "native of Chelsea", from CWGC
: John Gilbert Soper initialy recorded as J G Soper. 'John' from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : ref WO372/18 : Acting Corporal nrG/11970 (not Lance Corporal): 'Gilbert' & 'born Guilford, Surrey' added from military-genealogy.com ['81cen John Gilbert Soper 4 with Annie 33 & 4 sons at Bradwater, Sx. John 311, a groom lodging at Storrington, Sx : '01cen a toolman at Chelsea, London] :
- John Gilbert Soper bapt 3 Jun 1880 at Christchurch, Worthing, family address 13 Gloucester Place
- enlisted Hammersmith from Ancestry list
- John Gilbert Soper, Corpl nr.G/11970, 9th (Service) Battn. The Royal Sussex Reg; 3rd son of Thomas Rundle Soper & Annie of Passmore St, Sloane Sq, SW Lon; Born Guildford, Sy 26 Oct 1878; Educ St Saviour's School, Eastbourne; Enlisted in Royal Sussex Reg 16 May 1915; Served with Expeditionary Force, France & Flanders from 25 Aug; Wounded, Hill Wood 26 Sep & invalided home; Rejoined Reg 18 May 1917 & died at Nr20 General Hospital, Etaples, 25 Sept of nephritis contracted while on active service. Buried in the British Military Cemetery there. 2nd Lieut G H Knight wrote, "He was a member of my platoon for many months and I looked upon him as one of the most valuable & trustworthy of my NCOs. I recall a very difficult when he helped me to save a position under trying circumstances. I cannot say how deeply I feel the loss of one I had learned to trust so well". He m.Florence, 2nd dau of William Ford, at Parish Church, Cranfield, Beds, 21 Apr 1908 & had a son John William Soper b.5 Feb 1909; from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour database 1914-24; military-genealogy.com
- '81cen age 2 with parents Thomas Rundle Soper & Annie - other Rundles Sopers;-
- Mary Rundle Soper b.1804c Stokechurch, Cornwall, m.Edward Bate 1828, Linkinhorne, Cornwall? :
- William Rundle Soper b.Jul>Sep 1843 Westbourne, Sx, d.Jan>Mar 1891 Northampton age 47 & again b.Jul>Sep & d.Oct>Dec 1848, Plymouth, Dev : & (1930-1991), d.Chichester, Sussex [bmd]
- Thomas Rundle Soper m.15 Jan 1874 m.Annie Grenham at St Andrew, Buckland, Kent; [Thomas Randle Soper m.Jan>Mar 1874, Dover RD] : son?? a Thomas Rundle Soper b.Oct>Dec 1876, W.Riding, Yorks : m.Jan>Mar 1908 Hanover Sq, London : Private Thomas Rundle Soper & Private Rundle J Soper, Notts & Derbyshire Reg, WW1, both nr307184
- '01cen John G 22unm domestic footman at 40 Cadogan Sq, Chelsea; b.Guildford, Sy; with housemaids 66 (widow), 21 & 19 & governess 42 scan
- '11cen John 33m servant, domestic butler at 42 Lowndes St, Knightsbridge; with Ethel Sands 37 private means & visitor Anna Hope Hudson 41 both US residents; footman 19, chef 38, kitchenmaid 22, housemaids 28 & 24, ladies maid 24
- '11cen Florence 31m {m.2y, 1 birth} in 6 rooms at High St, Cranfield, Woburn in Lodden, Beds, b.Cranfield, Beds; John William 2 b.Byfleet, Surrey; with parents William Ford 56 butcher, wife Louisa 65 {m.36y, 11 births, 9 alive} & sons 20, 17 & 11 all b.Cranfield scan
- Buried Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France; [In 1917, 100,000 troops camped among sand dunes and 15 hospitals & convalescent depot, could deal with 22,000 wounded or sick]
- J G Soper; Cpl 9th Battalion (Service) Royal Sussex Regiment G/11970 : Obituary available source
- John Gilbert Soper army nr.11970 d.1917; His will available; www.goc.uk (�6ea)
: '39cen Florence 60m housekeeper (b.22 Aug 1879) at 91 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, Lon; with Morton H Sands b.15 Sep 1884 private means (& ARP volunteer) unm; Florence 2nd; Isabella Gray b.24 Jun 1904 cook unm; Gladys M D Land b.16 Jun 1910 parlourmaid unm; Violet M Anderson b.8 Apr 1909 housemaid unm scan

Note 35: John James Souper, Ordinary Seaman, HMS "Natal" d.30 Dec 1915; of Belvedere, Kent; Registers of Seamen's Services 6 Apr 1895; d.Cromarty Harbour, Scotland; on Chatham Naval Memorial : Ref1
: John James Souper died with over half the crew, 390, when HMS Natal's internal cordite exploded without warning while at anchor in the Cromarty Firth, she capsized & sank in 5 minutes. 30 Dec 1915, sabotage was suggested by some source HMS Natal was a 1905 cruiser
- of Belvedere, Kent : Registers of Seamen's Services nr J43867 (Ch) : 6 Apr 1895 : ADM 188/734 : National Archives : [(Ch)=Chatham (after service number)]
: '01cen dau Ellen Spark 12 with couple (a Souper '11cen)
: '11cen James & Liza Souper m.15y at 51 Upper Abbey Rd, Belvedere; Ellen Souper 22; John Souper 15 labourer b.Belvedere [their m.not vis c1896]
- joined up 31 Aug 1915 for hostilities. on HMS Pembroke from 31 Aug-21 Sep & from 22 Sep on HMS Natal
- age/parents/home county added to CWGC

Note 36: J W Soper Private Devonshire Reg; d.12 Apr 1917, age 41, b.c1876; [wife? C A Soper?]; Field View House, High St, Chard : b.Axminster, Somerset; bur.Chard Cemetery : I. 28.
: 1917 J W Soper Pvt.29609 Devonshire Regiment, bur.Chard Cemetery, Chard, S,set billiongraves.com
- [?a Joseph W Soper, Private, Dorsetshire Regiment, nr10396 received WW1 war service medals]
- : [J W Soper : Two John Sopers in the Devonshire Regiment Private nr2266026. (But other one, Private nr4003 Moved to the Bedfordshire Regiment Private nr205443) : from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : ref WO 372/18
- 'born Axminster' & 'Joseph William' assumed from military-genealogy.com]
- Joseph Soper m.Charlotte Annie Lee 1898 Axminster RD : [parents added to CWGC & wife changed from 'C W"; "JW" changed to Joseph William : Joseph William Soper Private Devonshire Reg; d.12 Apr 1917, age 41, b.c1876; b.Axminster, Somerset; S.set; bur.Chard Cemetery]
- '01cen Joseph 25 post boy (/post man) in 4 rooms at Steepings Row, Fore St, Chard Borough, S.set; b.Axminster, Dev; Charlotte 28, b.Dalwood, Dev; Arthur 9m b.Membury, Dev; scan
: '11cen Joseph 36 mason labourer in 4 rooms at 1 Keepings Row, Fore St, Chard, b.Axminster, Dev, Annie 38 charwoman {m.13y, 2 births, 1 alive} b.Dalwood, Dev; Arthur 10 at school Membury, Dev & a lodger Mr Lee scan
: wife, Mrs C A Soper of Field View House, High St, Chard. at Joseph's death
: Joseph & Arthur, [father & son both d.1917] on Chard War Memorial; an obelisk, St Mary's, Church St, Chard, S.set source

Note 37 Joseph William Soper Private 5122; 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers d.1 Nov 1914, age 27; b.1887 to Henry John & Miriam (Wise) ; Residence 22 Adelaide Rd, Andover; b.Axminster, Devon ['Hampshire'] d.Pas de Calais Belgium; Memorial Ypres (Menin Gate); Memorial, Ieper Panel 5
- Joseph William Soper (c1887-1914) Private nr9L/5122 (from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk ref WO 372/18) : a Private J Soper, died in action, on 9th Queens Royal Lancer's Memorial, Canterbury Cathedral, Kent (265 deaths) :
- Grave photo on www.britishwargraves
- a Pvt J Soper is also recorded as dead on the 21st Lancer's WW1 Monument at the Cathedral (128 deaths) :
- 'W Joseph Soper' on Andover war memorial, source
- WW1 medal card; entry 21 Aug 1914, presumably entry France
- Presume 9th, as 21st were in India : The 9th at Tidworth, Hants, sailed with the British Expeditionary Force, July & Aug 1914 (1/3rd of 2nd Cavalry Brigade). The Regiment charged, but did not reach, a large body of German Infantry, 24 Aug, casualties were v.heavy : 31 Oct-1 Nov,when Joseph died, the regiment defended German offensives near Messine '1st Battle of Ypres': His number 9L/5122 from A2A
- Joseph b.Aug>Sep 1886 Andover RD to Henry & Miriam Wise m.1868 Andover, Hants
- '01cen Joseph 15 yardman on farm b.Andover, Hants with parents; Henry 56 shepherd at North End, Broughton, Hants, b.Penton; Miriam 50, b.Stoke; Mary 27 gen serv b.Wherwell, Hants; John 24unm army pensioner b.Little Ann, Hants; Joseph 15 yardman on farm b.Andover, Hants; Edith 9, b.Hurstbourne, Hants; Isaac 2 b.Basingstone, Hants; scan
- '11cen Joseph 24unm private, 9th Lancers at Netheravon S O [Netheravon Cavalry School, Netheravon], Wilts; b.Andover, Hants; page has 30 unm privates from abt 20 regiments; unit's 1st page headed by Capt Jams Tapley 33, Army Training Corps & a Lieut from each Reg scan a b [parents at Andover]

Note 38 Lionel George Ayre Soper Private 3999, 1st Royal Honourable Artillery Company; d.13 Nov 1916, age 20; b.1896 to Fredrick William & Laura Anne; Residence 6 Meredyth Rd, Barnes (b.Barnes), London; d.Somme, France; buried [at or near] Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel : Sp. Mem. 40
- see war record
- Lionel George A Soper b.1895 Brentford, Lon to Frederick William Soper & Laura Anne Ayre at S.Molton Dev 1890

Note 39:
: Maurice George Henry Soper Private Northumberland Hussars d.21 Apr 1919, age 27; b.1892 to Robert Henry & Jane (Parris); Residence Bradfield, Berks; d.Bradfield, Berks;
: Maurice G H Soper d.Apr>Jun 1919 Bradfield, age 27
: Maurice George Henry Soper (1892-1919) enlisted 23 Oct 15 City EC, a colt breaker?; Trooper, Royal Bucks Hussars nr2756; Tidworth Military Hosp 5 Dec 16 (40d pancreatitis?); Transfered Pvt Feb 17, 2/1 Northumberland Hussars nr.H/271144; Home service Oct 15-Mar 17; Southampton>Havre BXF?; Wounded (clorine gas shell) Disability, 12/13 Jul; Aug 17 Convelesence until died 21 Apr 1919; mother Mrs J Soper, Padworth Common, nr.Reading. Berks; see War Service scans
: [ Robert Henry m.Jane Parris 1885, Bradfield, Berks]
: Maurice G H Soper pvt nr.271144, Northumberland (Hussars) Yeomanry, Newcastle upon Tyne ; report, wounded (gas) no date source

Note 40: Noel Beaumont Souper (1878-1916), originaly private nr 28675, Gordon Highlanders. Died as 2nd Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Reg : Medical card WO 372/18. On Hilton War Memorial, Huntingdonshire : [son of Rev Francis Abraham Souper & Fanny, in 1881 census age 3 at Eastbourne, Sx (b.Jan>Mar 1878, bmd)] : [sailed to Halifax, Canada, aged 15] : [wife Rosalie�Frances Souper b.1973/6c, 'RF' to Maderia 1927 (52), to Canada 1935 (62) & to Portugal 1936 (62)] : His memorial photo & biog
: '01cen Francis A & Henrietta M (his 2nd wife) at The Vicarage, Hilton, Hunt
: Mrs N B Souper of 54 FitzJames Ave, Lon N14. WW1 medal card
mother 'Fanny Emmeline Beaumont' added to CWGC record

Note 41: Peter Soper, Fireman, Mercantile Marine, SS Sofie (London), d.1 Feb 1918, age 35
: memorial lists 24,000 mariners with no known grave WW1 & 2 wikipedia : 733/746n : P Soper is on War Memorial of Stephenson Clarke & Co Steamships, St Hildas Church, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear
- Plaque for 3 steamships of Stephenson Clarke & Coin, St Hilda's Church 'SS Crombie' 24 names & 'SS John Miles' 10 names; SS Sofie (registered London) 9 names; C Amesti fireman age 46, b,Bilbao, Spain, Devanez Mobile 2nd engineer, age 39, b.Venezuala, H F B Andrews, Devanez Martinez 2nd Engineer of Newport, Wales, 30, b.Argentina, H Francis, Ormond Stevens able seaman 33 of Guernsey, John J Bernard Harrington age 27, mate b.Wales, P Soper 35 fireman no other details in TH Memorial, William George Lippeatt 1st engineer 56 b.Bristol source
- Drowned, as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine at entrance to Bristol Channel. On Tower Hill Memorial (for 12,000 mercantile marine with no grave - implying Mr Andrews survived, but then they'd know the date? perhaps he was the lost master?) source
- A 352 ton British steamer, built 1907; on voyage from Jersey to Cardif in ballast, sunk Bristol Channel by submarine U-101, 8 lost, including master (believed by gunfire, date unsure, but listed 3 Feb 1918)
- no South African link visable to any Peter Soper

: Reginald Evan Soper b.Apr>Jun 1895 Cardiff to George Wilmot Soper & Decima Robins 1889, Bristol ['Evan' added to CWGC record from this ('Reginald E' from '11cen) father 'GW' to George Wilmot & mother added] Note 42:
: Reginald in France for 19 months before his death in the Persian Gulf, so there 1914
: Reginald Evan Soper (1895-1916) 13th Hussars, Pvt nr18825 then Corps of Hussars, Pvt nr18825, died 27 Jul 1916 [d.20 Sep also in CWG]: on Basra Memorial, Iraq, address 47 Merthyr St, Barry Dock, Glam (born Barry); father R W Soper from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : ref WO 372/18
: Reginald Soper 7th Hussars in long list of 2nd contingent of Barry recruits; Barry Dock News 2 Jun 1916 source
: Basra Memorial for 40,500 Commonwealth forces, died in Mesopotamia area 1914-21, no known graves, was at naval dockyard quay, Maqil, abt 8km N of Basra. Sadam had it moved 32km 1997, to Nasiriyah
'01cen Reginald E 5; with parents; George W 38 horse driver (car.employee) at 7 Fryalt St, Barry, Glam; d.Doddiscombsleigh, Dev; Diana 37 Portskewett, Mon; George E 10 b.Bristol, Glos; Margaret A 9; Ernest W 7; Reginald E 5; Muriel E 4; Herbert C 4m all b.Barry, Glam (all speak Eng) scan
'11cen Reginald E 15 stable lad; with George W (c1864-?) 47 [farm/carters] head at 47 Merthyr St, Barry Dock, Cardiff, Glam; b.?; George E M 20 van driver b.Bristol; Margaret 18 b.?; Reginald E 15 stable lad; Muriel 14 school; Herbert 10 school all b.Glamorgan, Glam :
: Photo right from Barry website, click for larger photo

Reg Soper C Sqdrn, 13 Hussars ; previous to enlisting a chauffeur for John Shearman & Co, Barry Docks & lived with his father George at 47 Merthyr St; Served 19m in France; His brother Ernest 1 Grenadier Guards, now transfered to Welsh Guards wounded at opening of war, now recovered & in the firing line again; Mrs Parry 172 Corporation Rd, Cardiff, received letter from Lieut Dole,� his OC; death by heat stroke in Persian Gulf; saying Pvt Soper was a great favourite; Barry Docks News 10 Nov 1916 scan
: R Soper & 8 others of C Squadron, 12th Reserves, 11th Hussar Barracks, Aldershot sent letter to correct rumours circulating Barry that the Barry boys were exhibiting a down-hearted state since being stationed in Aldershot. We had a rather rough time at first... authorities were unable to cope with the rush of recruits... everything is improving with creditable rapidity... hard work & an abundance of fresh air soon endows young fellows with fighting spirit & not home-sickness; Barry Dock News 9 Oct 1914 source
: Reginald Soper on Saturday's official list of those killed [1 Sep 1916] scan
: Reginald Soper 13th Hussars was serving in Mesopotamia in the fighting against the Turks. A fellow soldier described the conditions Sep 1916 thus: 'In the blazing heat of the tropical sun we started, each man leading two horses, besides 2 haversack, bandolier with 90 rounds of ball ammunition, water bottle, rifle & bayonet. On & on we trekked, men falling out by the way with heatstroke, many stark mad & men told off to hold the poor devils down. Reaching camp we were glad to get into tents & lie down & drink lots of iced water. Many others went sick the next few days, some of them dying.' Private Reg Soper was one of these & buried in Basra Cemetery in modern Iraq, aged just 21. The lost memorial of Glanstone Road School, Barry, source
: Recorded as 'died of wounds' on 13th Hussar's Memorial, All Saints Royal Garrison Church, Farnborough Rd, Aldershot : a R G Soaper on a panel at Barry Memorial Hall, Glamorgan : 'b.Barry' from military-genealogy.com
- 13th Hussars 127 died WW1; 1 on 25th; 1 on 26th; 3 on 27th (inc Soper) & 2 on 28th northeastmedals.co.uk
- Pvt Reg Soper, C Squadron, 13th Hussars died from heat stroke [so not 'of wounds'] in the Persian Gulf. In a letter to Mr & Mrs W Parry [his sister], 172 Corporation Rd, Cardiff notifying Pvt Soper's death, Lieut M H C Dole, his OC, states that Pvt Soper was a great favourite & his death was deeply mourned by officers & men alike. Previous to enlisting, the young soldier was a chauffeur in the employ of Messrs John Shearman & Co, Barry Docks & lived at 47 Merthyr St, with his father, George Soper. Deceased had served in France for 19 months. His brother, Pvt Ernest Soper, 1st Grenadier Guards, now transferred to the Welsh Guards was wounded at the opening of the war, but has recovered & is now in the firing line again; Barry Dock News 10 Nov 1916 source
- Pvt Reg Soper, 13th Hussars In loving memory of our dear Reg who died from heat stroke in the Persion Gulf, 27 Jul 1916 after serving 19 months in France, age 21 years. Sadly missed by his Dad, Muriel, Herb & Ern now in France; Barry Dock News 27 Jul 1917 source [but d.20 Sep?]
: a Soper Hussar [presumably Reginald] assisted Lance-Corporal Fred Aspinall, in a rearguard action against a large body of German infantry on 27 Aug 1914, during the British Expeditionary Force's retreat from Mons. The two hussars mounted & zig-zaged away down the a road, under fire. Aspinal got shot, became a prisoner & Won a DCM medal. source. Presumably Soper escaped

Note 43: Reginald Henry Soper b.c1884, Driver, Royal Horse Artillery, parents Sydney & Carloline; wife R E Soper; home, 38 Perrers Rd, Hammersmith, Lon; died Seine, France; 13 May 1918, buried/monument Boisguillaume Communal Cemetery Extension, from CWGC
: WW1 medal card also has RFA & same service nr, Royal Field Artillery?
: Assumed family '01cen Hammersmith, Sydney 36 plumber at Hammersmith; b.Exeter; Caroline 33 b.Lambeth; Reginald 15 plumbers mate b.Hammersmith & several other children: 'b.Hammersmith W' from military-genealogy.com
: Reginald Henry Soper b.Jan>Mar 1886, Lambeth, Lon to Sidney William Soper & Caroline Adelaide Thompson m.13 Sep 1885 at St Mary, Newington, Lon; [m.Southwark RD]
: Reginald Henry Soper b.Jan>Mar 1886, Lambeth, Lon
: '01cen Sidney W 36 plumber's mate (employee) at 37 Brackenbury Rd, Hammersmith; b.Exeter, Dev; Caroline A 33; Reginald H 15 both b.Lambeth & Lillian 6 b.Hammersmith; scan (sharing address with Henry Lover 61 bread maker & sister & Samuel Mansell 68 flour seller, wife & son)
: Reginald Henry Soper m.Rebecca Ellen Walker Oct>Dec 1908, Brentford, Lon (bmd) [R E changed to Rebecca Ellen in CWGC record]
: '11cen a Reginald 25 laundry man at 50 Brackenbury Rd, Hammersmith, Fulham; wife Eleen 24 {m.2y no births} laundress both b.Lon
: Rebecca E Soper d.Apr>Jun 1947 Brentford RD aged 60

Note 44: - Robert Wilfrid Soper b.28 Apr 1897 Devonport; bpt.10 Jul 1902 St James, Devonport (age 5); William rem.Alice Sharp 1896 [1st m.Sophia Crapp Thomson m.1877, Plympton]
- Robert Wilfred Soper Devonport HMS Black Prince J23332 : Rating; A.B : b.28 Apr 1897 Devonport : died as direct result of enemy action, 31 May 1916; Body not recovered for burial; Relative notified, mother, Alice; Upper Silver St, Ilminster, S.set : from Naval Casualties 1914-19 [perhaps moved from Wood Court, Ashell, Ilminster since his enlistment?]
- HMS Black Prince blew-up, 31 May 1916, by the shells from the battleship Th�ringen [& other] at the Battle of Jutland, 1st Cruiser (Armoured) Squadron. None of the 857 crew survived. The Black Prince missed the Battle of Jutland that afternoon & tried to find her fleet that night. She sailed into the middle of the retiring German fleet. Picked out by searchlights & at short range within a few minutes she caught fire & exploded with all hands lost wiki
- Robert Wilfred Soper's Memorial Plaque in bronze, popularly known as 'death penny', as abt the size of a 1d coin [picture right] . Full size bronze 4 3/4"(120mm) [abt 1.4M issued]; ebayed �100+ 2015 (plain on back)
- A 2nd Soper died earlier that day when all hands lost on HMS Defence, a sister ship in the sqadron photo
- Memorial photo available from British War Graves service nr J/23332
- 7 other men of Fore St, Heavitree [Exeter] died in WW1 exetermemories.co.uk
- '01cen Wilfred 3 with family at 17 Charlotte St, Devonport with William (c1844-?) 57 seaman pensioner RN, blind, in 3 rooms at 51 Charlotte St, Devonport, Dev, b.Harbertonford, Dev; Alice 40 b.Taunton, S.set; Kate 18 dressmaker; Sydney 14 general labourer; Wilfred 3 & Lily 2 all b.Devonport ; scan
- Served as a boy from 1 Jun 1914; enlisted for 12y, 28 Apr 1915 (18th birthday). On Black Prince from 3 May 1915.
- '11cen Robert 13 inmate at school, an institution, Tattenhall House, Tattenhall nr Chester; b.Devonport, Dev : [CofE home for �waifs & strays�]
- Robert W Soper able seaman nr.J.23332; Awarded Star, Victory Medal, British War Medal; sent to 'Pandora'; scan : [Pandora a Pelorus-class cruiser, crew 224 (but why send there if dead?)]
- 'Wilfred Robert Soper' AB Black Prince on St Marys Church, Ilminster WW1 plaque [image right] source

Note 45: Ronald Chatterton Soper, Private nr.200455 Cheshire Regiment d.21 Apr 1917, age 20; b.c1896 to Richard & Florence; Residence Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire; d.Alexandria, Egypt; bur.Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery : A.34; CWGS record
- Ronald Soper (1896-1917) Listed as 'R Soper', assumed to be Ronald Soper, 1st Private nr2094, then Private nr200455 : from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : ref WO 372/18
- Ronald Soper, Private..., Cheshire Regiment, nr2094
- His 'Death Plaque' for sale $100, he served 1/4 Cheshire Reg, a unit that served in the Middle East, buried at Alexandria : source
- WW1 medal card also regt no 2094 & served in Balkans from 8 Aug 1915; Ancestry list says he enlisted Birkenhead.
- Ronald Chatterton Soper (1896-1917) b.31 Oct Glenton, Dacre Hill, Rock Ferry [b.Oct>Dec Wirral bmd dist] [bmd] [ age & 'Chatterton' added from this] to Richard Frederick Soper m.Florence Marie Fulton, 1885 Holylake
- ?R F Soper mourner at funeral of Peter Fulton Manchester wine merchant of The Beeches, Didsbury; in 'Manchester Times' 7 Nov 1890, from newspapers.bl.uk
- Richard F Soper's wife of a son b.31 Oct 1896 at Glenton, Dacre Hill, Rock Ferry; in 'Liverpool Mercury' (pub.Liverpool) 2 Nov, from newspapers.bl.uk
- Assumed to be the R C Soper on the WW1 War Memorial, Birkenhead, Cheshire : source, [initial 'C' added from this]
- '91 census, Richard F Soper 34 at St Peter, Cheshire, Florence M Soper 28 & Richard F W Soper [Richard G Soper died age 82 Birkenhead disrtict Jan>Mar 1912 (bmd)] : [Richard F W Soper m Hannah Lemon, Birkenhead district Jan>Mar 1912 (bmd)]
- '01cen, Richard F 44 gen merchants cashier at 19 Bauiaigh? Rd, Birkenhead, (Christchurch), Cheshire, b.Clevedon, S.set; Florence M 38 b.Birkenhead; Richard F W 12; Dorothy Fulton 9; Ronald C 4 all b.Rock Ferry, Cheshire & gen servant Mary E Hugh 19unm b.Liverpool, Lancs; scan
- '11cen, Ronald Chatterton Soper 14 with family Richard Frederick 54 a commercial clerk (soap manufacturer) in 7 rooms at 40 Allcot Ave, Bekinton Rd, Tranmere Cheshire [Birkenhead RD] b.Clevedon, S.set, Florence Marie 45 music master, professional musician {m.25y 3 births, all alive}, both b.Birkenhead, Richard Frederick William 22unm chemist analytical (soap mfr), Dorothy Fulton 19 typist (soap mfr) & Ronald Chatterton 14 at school, all b.Rock Ferry, Cheshire; scan

Note 46: Sidney Soper : Listed as 'S Soper', assumed to be Sidney Soper, Private nr1701 : from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : ref WO 372/18 :
- born Luton from www.findmypast.com; Sidney's biog - Lost Link
Sidney Augustus Soaper b.Apr>Jun 1892, Millwall [Poplar]; bpt 20 Apr 1892 Christ Church, Poplar to Charles & Emily [?m.1871]
- '11cen Sidney Pvt, 2nd Batt Northumberland Fusiliers in Ecclesall; Millwall, Lon; on page 9 of unit under Lieut Col Samuel Herbert Enderby
- army papers; enlisted 7 Sep 1910 aged 18y 4m, a plumber, 5ft 8�in, hazel eyes; brown hair: forfeited 8d pay 24 Jan 1912; discharged 20 Mar 1912
- WW1 medal card indicates he arrived in France 10 Aug 1915.
- Sidney Soper of Millwall, 1 of 4 men reported killed 11 wounded, today, 15 Nov 1916 ; battalion bombed along the Munich Trench & gained 50 yds to establish a Lewis gun post & fired on retreating Germans. Slight incoming fire during day, but very active artillery at dusk. Attempt to relieve Batt failed, impossible to bring up rations & wire. from 1st Batt diary, Somme, Royal Berkshire Reg 'The Biscuit Boys'; source
- Sidney Soper army nr.17100 d.1916; His will available; www.goc.uk (�6ea)

Note 47: Sidney John Soper d.7 Sep 1916 age 20; Acting Bombardier nr.40905, 6th Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery; parents Sidney Watson & Kate; address 13 St Stephens Gdns, E.Twickenham, London, England; [also a Canadian casualty, address Russell, Manitoba, Canada]; buried at Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Somme, France; Plot III. H16. from CWGC
- Sidney J Soper d.1916, Royal Field Artillery, added from bmd registers; 1837-2006, from Findmypast.com; not in CWGC records
- Enlisted [not conscripted] d.as Bombardier, 6th Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery canadiangreatwarproject
- [grandparents John window blind maker b.Stonehouse, Dev & Caroline, m.1860 Kingston, Sy]
- parents Sidney Watson Soper b.c1863 London : '91cen Canadan farmer 26 in Dorset, Eng farm of John Austin : m.Kate Auston of Dorset m.5 May 1893 St Martin, Montreal; their son Sidney John Soper born 2 Oct 1896 Russell, Manitoba, Canada 1896;
- '01cen Sidney J Soper 5 b.Canada with widowed grandmother Caroline widow 62 at 13 St Stephens Gdns, (St Stephens), Twickenham; b.Kingston, St; John R W 39 both window blind mfrs (employers), C L W 32, Albert C W* 27, Frederick P M 25, all b.St Pancras & grandson Sidney J 5 b.Canada 'Russian' [b.Russell?] with gen servant Maud J Weston 22 b.Southampton, Hants; scan . [His father had left his mother after 1898]
- '11cen Kate Soper 46 nurse of workhouse, married servant at poor law workhouse, Saffron Walden, Ex; b.Kingston Magna, Dorset; her marriage details {m.18y, 2 births, both alive} crossed out, but not others (widow?); also 3 nurses, master, matron, porter, clerk, cook, 6 gen doms: scan WW1 medal card has theatre of war France & qualifing date 30 Jul 1915.
- 19?? Sidney John Soper at Isleworth & Syon School, St Johns Rd, Isleworth; on their war memorial source
- '11cen Sidney not vis UK; but Sidney John Soper's arrived Quebec on 'Sicilian' 11 Jul 1911; b.Canada.
- 1914 Sidney J Soper 19 clerk resident Canada; Passenger list arrived 8 Oct 1914 Liverpool from New York on 'New York'
- 1914 Sidney's army record; attested 23 Oct 1914, age 19y 8m, b.Russell, clerk & typist. 5ft 8in, 132lbs, Appointed acting bombardier 27 Feb 1915. To France 29 July 1915. Next of kin mother Mrs Kate Soper, The Infirmary, Saffron Walden [a nurse there '11cen]. Medals sent to John R W Soper [uncle] 1920. WW1 record scans
- 1916 Sidney John Soper bombardier RFA d.7 Sep 1916 of 13 St Stephens Gdns, East Twickenham, London; died France; probate London 19 Dec 1916 to [uncle; perhaps father figure?] John Rowland Watson Soper, sgt, Central London recruiting dept; estate �519 15s 5d; from Probate Calender, scan
- 1917 S J Soper 40905 acting Bombardier W6 Trench Motor Battery, RFA had requested his medals forwarded to Mr Soper, Dover Cottage, Haddenham, Bucks until SJS's godson J C M Soper is of an age to appreciate their value; letter 25 Apr scan : [John C M Soper b.Jan>Mar 1911 Wycombe, Bucks, to Sarah & Berkeley Watson Soper m.1897 (Sydney & John shared grfather) ]
- an S J Soper ['Sj Soper'] on Memorial of Parish Church, Church End, Haddenham, Bucks; [lost link]
- ?a Sydney Soper on war memorial Benson, Oxon [12m SW Haddenham]
: [6th Trench Mortar Battery, 2nd Canadian Division ; a dangerous occupation, as use of trench mortars attracted artillery fire Unit's diary Mar to Aug 1916; equipt with the new Stokes gun; training started Mar'16 with instruction of Lieut & 22 men firing 30 rounds from the trenches at at Kemmel, Belgium] : Jul>Nov 1916 Somme offensive (1.2M casualties) but "All seemed quite on the Western Front", on 7 Sep]

Note 48: Sidney Walter Soper 1st Private nr5152, then Pvt nrG/42342 Middlesex Regiment d.23 Apr 1917, Somme, France, age 23; b.1894 to Walter & Elizabeth, 241 High Town Rd, Luton, Beds; on Arras Memorial; Bay 7 : CWGC from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk; ref WO 372/18; Arras Memorial photo
- Sidney; WW1 service medal card G/42342 Middlesex Regt.
- Sidney Walter Soper b.Oct>Dec 1894 to Walter Soper & Elizabeth Strapp who m.Apr>Jun 1890 both Luton RD
- '11cen Sidney 16 straw hat stiffener with Walter 44 straw hat manufacturer at 41 York St, Luton, Beds b.St Lukes, Lon: Elizabeth 42 {m.22y; 8 births, 6 alive}: Beatrice 18 both s h machinists: Sidney 16 s h stiffener: Mary 14 straw finisher: Gilbert 11: Kenneth 7: Percy 4 all b.Luton & widowed mother Maria Strapp 71 b.Luton
- 'Sid Soper' (Middlesex Regiment, late Kenilworth Rangers [FC]) centre-half of Luton's Cliftondale Football Club. Beds & Herts Telegraph, 9 Sep 1916 source
- Pte Sidney Soper, G/42342 (G/5152 in some records) Letter from Capt Pollard, a Lutonian in his regiment, wrote to parents Walter & Elizabeth Soper, 241 High Town Rd. Son went over the top with his company in attack, morning 23 Apr & not present at next day's roll call. "It was a stiff fight at first, we drove them back in the end & took trenches & several prisoners. There's no doubt they took some of our men prisoners & I hope you may hear Sidney is with them." Letter from Quarter-Master-Sgt Chantrell confirmed Sidney's death. His body recovered & so reported killed on 23 Apr. Sidney assisted father's straw hat business before joining up May 1916. He was with the Royal Field Artillery at Biscot 2m before transfer to M.sex Reg & drafted to France Jan 1917 & at the Front only 4m. Sidney well known in Luton junior football circles as capt Kenilworth Rangers club.source [portrait photo right]
- Sidney Soper on WW1 war memorial at High Town Methodist Church, Luton [photo right]
- Sidney Walter Soper army nr.42342 d.1917; His will available; www.goc.uk (�6ea)

Note 49: Stanley Soper died 16 Sep 1916; Rifleman 651219 London Regt; 1st Surrey Rifles; d.23 May 1916?; b.Brixton; residence Sutton, Surrey; d.France, Somme; on Arras Memorial : Bay 10
- Only 2 officers & 60 other ranks emerged unscathed from the 1st Surrey Rifles attacking force of 567 men. They were in a battalion in 47th (London) Division, tasked that day to take High Wood. They succeeded, losing 4,500 men source
- Stanley Soper is listed in service medal awards,Ist London Reg, Private nr3462 then London Reg, Private nr651229: from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : ref WO 372/18
- Stanley, rfn, 651219 on list of 67, First Surrey Rifles. Killed in action 23 May 1916 source
- An S J Soper, rifleman, on Men of East Twickenham, WW1 War Memorial, St Stephens Church, Richmond Rd, Twickenham : "The 21st (1st Surrey Rifles) London Reg was virtually wiped out on 15 Sept 1916 at Highwood on the Somme" source :
- S Soper, Rifleman, on Sutton War Memorial, 522 names; Manor Pk, Carshalton Rd
- Stanley Soper on War Memorial of St Barnabas Church Chapel, Barnabus Rd, Sutton : 'Born Brixton', 'residence Sutton, Surrey; from military-genealogy.com
- Stanley Soper b.Jul>Sep 1898 Lambeth RD (inc Brixton) to Lawerence William Soper 'William' m.Emily Cheeseman 1895
- '11cen Stanley 12 school; b.Brixton, Sy with parents William 40 jobbing gardener at 22 Vernon Road, Sutton, Sy; b.Sx; Emily 38; b.Angmering , Sx {m.15y}; William James 14 commercial clerk; b.Sy/London; Stanley 12 school; b.Brixton, Sy; Dorothy Rose 10 school; b.Paddington, Lon; Edith Gwendoline 8; Gladys Mary 5 both school; b.Sutton
- Stanley above assumed to be the WW1 death, so age, d of b, & parents added to CWGC record
- Stanley, Apr 1915 Medical; a gate/gale? assistant, age 19 b.Brixton, Lon [so b.c1896]; 5ft 8in; chest 34-37in; good physical development; no vaccination marks; eyes 6/6; Embodied Comp D, 3/21 batt, City of London Reg; Jun 1915 heart disorder 15d hosp; 28 Feb 1916 Embarked Southampton; 23 May 1916 Missing after action; after 86 days in France; May 1917 Discharged, death presumed; Total Territorial Service, 1y 39d; 319d home, 86d France Jul 1919 family listed below, on form signed by Emily & witnessed by vicar of St Barnabus Church; Feb 1921 British War Medal & Victory Medal; WW1 record
: 1919 Stanley' parents William James Soper & Emily Soper of 22 Vernon Rd, Sutton; brother William J? Soper, soldier now in Germany, age 22; sisters Dorothy R 18, Edith G 16, Gladys M 13 & Edna E 2; grandparents James & Sarah J? Cheeseman of Elm Grove Angmering, nr Littlehampton; WW1 record

Note 50: W Soper Private London Regiment; d.9 Jul 1916; born Dumfries?; resident Sutton; d.Pas de Calais , France; bur.Tranchee De Mecknes Cemetery, Aix-Noulette from CWGC
- Walter Soper, Pvt London Reg, died 9 Jul 1916, Tranchee De Mecknes Cemetery, Pas de Calais; b.Dumfries Resident Sutton, Surrey?; ancestry list says; residence Tooting, enlisted Clapham Junction
- cemetery by a trench occupied & named by Moroccan troops, British units took over Feb 1916, 374 burials W Soper (?-1916) : The only private with a service medal in the London Regiment was Wilfred A, but, 1st London Regiment, Private, nr302761 : then Army Service Corps, Private nrM/354513 : from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : ref WO 372/18 :
- a W Soper one of 266 names on the Barnet MemorialJohn the Baptist Church, Wood St, Chipping Barnet, London :
- a W G Soper (possibly the same W Soper of Barnet, but possibly the W G Soper of Royal Navy) on Christ Church's Memorial, St Albans Rd, Barnet, London :
- Another a W Soper on the Mitcham War Memorial, Surrey : Another W Soper in Elliot Brickwork's WW1 Roll of Honour at Kinson Library, Wimborne Rd, Bournemouth, Dorset :
- Deduced 'W' was 'Walter' from military-genealogy.com if so, born Dumfries, resident Tooting
- W Soper Pte.1856, 23rd, London Reg, (London Regiment) inscribed on back of WW1 Medal Trio & bronze Death Plaque; 1914/15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal - .(& accompanying sympathy letter, not pictured) : d.9 July 1916 - Remembered with honour; Tranchee de Meckines Cemetery, Aix Noulette
- "Private Walter Soper was reputedly killed in action 16 hours after arriving on the battlefield" added when medals auctioned at Cottes Ltd Jan 2012
- recorded as 'William Soper' 23rd Bn, London Reg when medals for sale in www.warstuff.com (but assume mistake? as... )
- Walter Soper, Private, London Regiment, nr1856, issued a Service Medal
- assume Walter b.25 Apr 1898 Maxwelltown, Kirkcudbrightshire to William Henry Quartermaster Sergeant, Kings Own Scottish Boarderers, WHS's biog; William Henry m.Clara Downes Jan>Mar 1891 Newcastle upon Tyne RD] : [age and parents added to CWGC record above, from this]
- '11cen William Henry (c1865-?) 46 at 60 Robinson Rd, Lower Tooting Croydon, Sy, army pensioner & hall keeper, b.Ifield, Sx; Clara 41 {m.20y; 14 births, 8 alive} b.Manchester, Lancs; William Albert 17 electrical b.Maxwelltown, Kircudbrightshire
- Seems sad that many who died for their country, only got recorded by CWGC with an inital like 'W'
- 1/23rd London to France Mar 1915 with 142nd Brigade, 47th London Div. First attacked the line at Givenchy 25 May (237 killed/262 wounded). Other major actions included Loos, Somme (581 casualties at High Wood) & Messines. The 2/23rd, raised Aug 1914, went to France Jun 1916 with 181st Brig 60th Div for 4m in Roclincourt sector (N of Arras).
- Service in France on 17 Aug 1915. WW1 medal card

Note 51: Walter Soper Mitchell Private nr;011222 ; Royal Army Ordnance Corps; 67th Coy; 17 Feb 1916, age 37; b.c1879 to Frederick & Mary Ann (Soper); m.Emily Ellen Mitchell, address 27 Norton Terrace, Climsland Rd, Dev; Home casualty; Paignton Cemetery, Grave 2445
- Walter Soper Mitchell b.Jul>Sep 1878, Newton Abbott, Dev; 4th of 9 children of Frederick Mitchell & Mary Ann Soper who m.Jul>Sep 1871 at NA; Walter m.Emily Ellen Jeffery, Jul>Sep 1903 Totnes, Dev.
- '01cen Walter 22 a house decorator - painter with his parents Frederick a builder & Mary Ann in Paignton. From sibling's births the family in London in 1880's : Mitchell tree
- '11cen Walter Soper Mitchell 32 house painter, employee of builder in 5 rooms at 25 Norton Terrace, Paignton [later nr.27?], b.Torquay, Dev; wife Emily Ellen 30 {m.7y, 2 births} b.Dartmouth; Leslie Walter Mitchell 5 & Harold Thames Mitchell 2 both b.Paignton scan
- [Paignton Cemetery contains 40 First World War burials]
- Walter Soper Mitchell, of 27 Norton Terrace, Climsland Rd, Paignton, Dev; Private 67th company Army Ordnance Corps d.16 Feb 1916 at the Military Hospital Colchester Essex; Probate London 28 Mar to Emily Ellen Mitchell, widow; Effects �396 2s 11d : ['Colchester Ex added to CWGC record above]
- parents; Frederick Mitchell (1852-?), Totnes, Dev Mary Ann Soper (b.c1851-?), Torquay, Dev. m.Jul>Sep 1871 Newton Abbot
- Walter Soper Mitchell, Private; Royal Army Ordnance Corps; Unit Text: 67th Coy; Age 37; Date of Death: 17/02/1916; Service No: O/1222

Note 52: Croydon War Memorial William H Soper Corp nr.201700 The Queen'-s (Royal West Surrey Regt) d.4 Oct 1917; died age c35; b.c1882 to William Emily Soper & Jeanie Louise; residence South Norwood, Surrey; b.Barnes, Surrey. bur.W-Vlaanderen, Buttes New British Cem, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke XXVIII C.11; CWGC Record
: William H Soper : 1st The Queen's Regiment, Corporal nr T-3899, then Corporal nr T-201700 : from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk : ref WO 372/18 :
: W H Soper : d.1917 on Croydon War Memorial (photo right) : source
: 4 Pvts d.4 Oct of 2nd/3rd & 4th Bn & 2 Pvt d.7 Oct, same cemetery; Buttes Cemetery XXVIII C.11 [added above to war grave record]
: WW1 Service medal 'The Queen's Regiment (Royal West Surrey Regt.) T-3899 & T-201700; Surrey Corps : [?connection? also a William R Soper pvt 243558 The Queens Regiment]; enlisted Croydon
- age, d of b, parents & wife added to CWGC details, from '01/'11cen
- a W Soper on Mitcham War Memorial, Lower Green :
- 'Henry' added to CWGC from military-genealogy.com also 'born Barnes, Surrey : resident South Norwood, Surrey' [?a William Henry Soper ran Reigate pub 1913] : [?a William H Soper age 1, b.Putney, Surrey '91cen with parents William & Emily & siblings in Barnes]
: '11cen William Henry 29 drapers porter at 29 Wellesley Road, West Croydon, Sy; Jeanie Louise 34 [m.9y, 4 births] both b.Peckham, Lon William Henry 7 b.Norwood, Sy; Alfred Percy 3; Dorothy Miriam 3 & Edward John 11m all b.Croydon, Sy
- Jeanie did not rem & d.27 Dec 1963 at 10 Holmewood Rd, South Norwood. Probate granted to Alfred Humberstone.*

Note 53: W P Soper Private, Royal Defence Corp 42nd.Protection Coy, d.31 Jul 1918; b.Hammersmith resident Bedford, Bedfordshire; bur.Bedford Cemetery; K/3.118 from CWGC
- deduce the 'W P' was 'William R' in military-genealogy.com if so 'born Hammersmith' 'resident Bedford' : 'William P' from www.findmypast.com
- William Patterson Soper, b.Jul>Sep 1864 Kensington RD to Giles Ching Soper : [Mid name, parents & wife birthplace added to CWGS record above from this assmption]
- William Patterson Soper m.Mary Ann Patterson, Reading, Berks, 1887] : [WPS, son of Giles Ching Soper]
- '11cen William Patterson Soper (c1864-?) 47 electrical machinist sack & rich(?) cover manf.T at Bedford, Beds b.Hammersmith, Lon; Mary Ann Soper 48 wife b.? {m.23y, 3 births, 2 alive} & Gladys Emma Soper 21 dau [shop assistant 'law'] b.Reading, Berks
- William P Soper d.Jul>Oct Luton, Beds RD, aged 54 : a W Soper on the Mitcham War Memorial, Surrey :
- Another Private W Soper on Elliot Brickwork's WW1 Roll of Honour at Kinson Library, Wimborne Rd, Bournemouth, Dorset

Note 54: William George Soper (1889-1915) Leading Seaman, Reading, Howe Battalion Royal Naval Division SS108682 (R.F.R.Ch. B.10680.) : b.4 Dec 1890 Reading, Berks, [school records says b.4 Dec 1889, so enlisted 19 but said 18; why?; so dofb in CWGC changed]. Died as direct result of enemy action, 6 Jun 1915, Location of grave: Not recorded; Relative notified: mother, Alice; 89 Seabright Rd, High Barnet, Herts : from Naval Casualties 1914-9 scan
: Royal naval division database [ancestry.co] adds Acting Leading Seaman (Leading Stoker); Unit; Howe Battalion; Number Ch/SS/108682(RFR/B/10680) ; Enlisted 27 May 1909; Enrolled RFR 24 May 14; Howe Battalion C/197 17 Sep 14-4 Jun 15 Discharged Dead; MiD of GOC in C. MEF 12 Jun 15 (Lon Gazette 5 Aug); MiD of GOC in C. MEF 11 Dec 15 (Lon Gaz 28 Jan); Awarded Cert by GOC for Courageous & Gallant Conduct in the Field, Cape Helles 13 Apr 16; 1914 Star issued to father 29 May 19.
: '11cen William George 20unm stoker 1st class on "Encounter", Vavau, Tonga Islands, Australia, b.Reading, Berks scan
: Royal Naval Division Service Record; Address: 89 Seabright Rd, High Barnet, Herts; nr 108682 Chatham. RFR B/10680; rank Leading Stoker A/LS (RND).B; 1 Jan 1915; Howe Battalion C/197 17 Aug 1914 (9 Feb 15 crossed out)' Report record Killed nr.D'Helles RND List nr.143; 28 Jul 15 AFB 2090a, received (4 Jun 15 killed in action, Gallipoli); 29 Jul 15 DC no.192 sent to next of kin; 20 Jul 15 AFB.103 recieved, above info checked; 1 Good Conduct Badge; 1914 Star; 1st Class Conduct; C of E; Mother Alice Soper of Seabright Rd; scan
: At Gallipoli, the 3rd attack on Krithia, 4 Jun 1915. Trench warfare created 15,500 casualties on both sides and was as unsucessful as the previous two. Most gains were lost in the Turkish counter attack on the 6th, (William died 4th [or 4th]). Presumably he was in the RN infantry division involved in the attack (formed when navy enlisted were more than could serve on ships) : Helles War Memorial : a W G Soper (but possibly the W Soper of the London Reg) on Christ Church's Memorial, St Albans Rd, Barnet, London
- Mentioned in Despatches of GOC in C.MEF 12 Jun 15 (London Gazette 5 Aug) & again 11 Dec 15 (Gazette 28 Jan) : Awarded Cert. by GOC for Courageous & Gallant Conduct in the Field, Cape Helles. 13 Apr 16; 1914 Star issued to father 29 May 19
- Seaman W G Soper - SS/108682 Howe battalion' Mentioned 3 Aug 1915 in London Gazette & again 28 Jan 1916 when now leading seaman
- From Britishwargraves.org Grave Photo : 'Service Nr SS/108682 (RFR/CH/B/10680)' 'Unit: Howe Bn. R.N. Div' & 'Died ashore'; Royal Naval Division Record from www.findmypast.com
- 3rd Battle of Krithia, 4 June 1916, Turkish trenches assaulted. The Howe Battalion suffered 8 officers & 107 other ranks killed in action, & 10 others later died of wounds : from commanding officer's page
- W G Soper, Leading Stoker. Died 6 Jun 1915 : Ship 'RN Division' : case 9811/1915 : His estate due �22 10s, held by Navy (source 'Ch/SS/108682 (RFR/B/10680)' W G Soper's [MiDx2 RN] death recorded as 6 Jun 1915, correcting CWGC's date of 'd.4 Jun' (another site says 6th wrong see)]
- W G Soper : Ch./S.S./108682 R.F.R./B/10680 Leading Seaman of 'Howe Battalion' : Mentioned in despatches from the General Commanding the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force RN Division, Gallipoli Campaign : 12 Jun 1915 LondonGazette, & [RFR=Royal Fleet Reserve : SS=Short Service]
- W G Soper stoker nr.Ch.2707 [Royal Marines, Chatham Division, Kent], in Howe Battalion; Awarded 1914 Star, nr.12950; medal issued? 6 Jun 1915 sent to father Mr D Soper 29 May 1919; scan
- W G Soper stoker RFR (stoker, Royal Fleet Reserve) nr.Ch/55/108682 : B/10680 [Royal Marines, Chatham Division, Kent], Service RND; Awarded Star, Victory Medal, British War Medal; Medals Issued B/S/victory; medal to army?; scan
- a William George Soper born Millwall, London. Admiralty Register of Seamen's Services. Official Nr K42054 : 4 Dec 1890 www.nationalarchives.gov.uk Cat Ref ADM 188/951 : [if date is DofB & this a different WGS, place different]
- a William George Soper Service Nr SS 108682, RFR/B/10680 : Rating: Leading Stoker, Acting Leading Seaman (RND) [Royal Navy reserve] : Catalogue ref ADM 339/2 nationalarchives : His record available online �3.50
- b.4 Dec 1889 at Lingfield Council School 2 Apr 1900 - 27 Mar 1901 & left with proficiency certificate. His younger siblings also attended; from school records
- birth registered Jan>Mar 1890 Reading : parents David Soper m.Alice Rebecca Todd 1883
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- Parents & age added from census : '91cen William G 1 : '01cen David 43 gardener at Lingfield, Sy, b,Wolverton, Hants, Alice 45, Nora 13, William 11, Katheleen 8, Violet 6 all b.Berks : '11cen William George Soper (c1891-?) Overseas Royal Navy, 20 b.Reading, Berks
- parents address at his death in 1919; 89 Seabright Road, High Barnet, Herts www.ourmob.org
- From Britishwargraves.org.uk Grave Photo : 'Service Nr 230889' 'Unit: Howe Bn. R.N. Div' & 'Died ashore'
- W G Soper Stoker RFR nr.Ch/55/108682 & B/10680 [Royal Marines, Chatham Division, Kent]; Awarded RND service, mentioned in dispatches 28 Jan 1916; Victory Medal sent to army; scan

Note 55: William Victor Soper Pvt nr.23486 Hampshire Reg; 17th Entrenching Bn, late 14th Bn; d.age 19; Died between 21 & 27 Mar 1918: Bay 6 Arras Memorial; son of Alfred & Elizabeth Soper of Old Basing on War Memorial, Old Basing, Hants CWGC record
- William Victor Soper : presume parents Alfred Soper who married Elizabeth Wild, 30 May 1874 at Andover [so not the Alfred Emiel Soper m.Elizabeth Rocket 1884 Upton who had 2 sons die] : Private nr23486 :
- a W Soper on the Mitcham War Memorial, Surrey : Private W Soper in Elliot Brickwork's WW1 Roll of Honour at Kinson Library, Wimborne Rd, Bournemouth, Dorset : 'born Fyfield, Hants' from military-genealogy.com
- a William Victor Soper, birth registered Apr-Jun 1897, Andover [bmd] This would make him 20 not 19 at death : Arras Memorial photo : [see biog]
: From army records; not in CWGC records

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