WORLD WAR I

Bingham War Memorial

49397	Lieutenant Reuben E Cope	9th Bn. Sherwood Foresters ( Notts & Derby Regiment)	born 1887
Medal card	Reuben Ernest Cope Pte then 2nd Lieutenant, Commissioned 30-7-18. Served in France No service/pension records exist on Ancestry Address: East Grove Bingham	British War Medal and Victory Medal
Forces war records	The RoH has him on the Western Front. If he had been in the 9th (Service) Battalion since joining in 1916 (implied by the fact of not having been awarded the 15 star), he would have been involved in: 1916 The capture of the Wundt-Werk, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Thiepval. 1917 Operations on the Ancre, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of the Langemarck, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle. 1918 The Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of the Drocourt-Quant Line, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre. On 11.11.1918 the battalion ended the war south of Mons, Belgium
AVL	Cadet 2nd Platoon A Company 4th OC Bn

	Lieutenant Reuben E Cope
1887	Born in Cropwell Bishop
Census 1891	Lived on Main Street, Cropwell Bishop with: Father, William Cope, b.1854, Mother, Ann, b.1856 Siblings: Mary H, b. 1878 William Marriott, b. 1879 George, b. 1890.	Maltster Lace Worker Baker’s Assistant
Census 1901	Lived on Main Street, Cropwell Bishop with: Father: William Cope Mother Siblings: Mary H William Marriott George Albert b 1892	Carter on a farm Maltster Carter on Farm
Census 1911	Lived on Fairfield Street, Bingham with: Father, William Cope Mother, Ann Albert	Grocer and Provision Dealer’s Assistant. Farm Labourer Painter – general house decoration
1912	Married Hannah Alice Shepperson Two daughters: Phyllis M 1916 Grace E 1921		Hannah Alice’s brother George was in the MGC
1924	He applied for his medals 21/1/24 and was living at East Grove, Grantham Road, Bingham This was a farmhouse on East Street.
1931	Electoral roll shows him living in Grantham Road with wife Hannah Alice
1939 Register	Not found
1959	Reuben Ernest Cope died 19th March 1959 at the Nottingham General Hospital. Address: 6 Trevor Road, West Bridgford. Probate granted to widow, Hannah Alice Cope. Effects £1801 10s 7d.