About Kenneth Cooper
Lived 1905 – 1981 (aged 75). Kenneth Cooper was a British military personnel.
Major-General Kenneth Christie Cooper, (18 October 1905 – 4 September 1981) was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 7th Armoured Division from 1953 to 1956.
Military career Educated at Berkhamsted School, Cooper was commissioned into the 53rd (Welsh) Divisional Signals Regiment in 1924. He transferred to the Royal Tank Corps in 1927.
Cooper served in the Second World War as commanding officer of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry from October 1941, as a General Staff Officer with IX Corps in North Africa from 1942 and as a Brigadier on the General Staff at Allied Force Headquarters from 1943. His last wartime role was as commander of the 7th Armoured Brigade in Italy from 1945. they had one son, Major General Sir Simon Cooper.
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Who was Kenneth Cooper?
British Army general
When was Kenneth Cooper born?
Kenneth Cooper was born on 18 October 1905 in Cardiff.
When did Kenneth Cooper die?
Kenneth Cooper died on 4 September 1981 in Salisbury.
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Kenneth Cooper was a military personnel.
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Kenneth Cooper was British.
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