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| File Reference |
2D30
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| Name |
Clement Cooper |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Knockmanagh, Kilcummin, Killarney
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| County |
Kerry
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Notes |
Date of birth not on file
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| Date of death |
1922-09-04
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| Place |
Araghmoon, Aughatubrid, County Kerry
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| Associated files in MSPA |
F428; 3MSRB75;
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| Related files |
24SP125 Michael Cooper subject's brother.
(2D359) John Donoghue killed in the same incident. 24SP10339 John Kearney wounded in incident.
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Private
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| Unit |
5 Battalion
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| Company |
A Company
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| Brigade |
2 Kerry Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
John Scannell; Humphrey Sullivan; Peter Browne; Humphrey Murphy;
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| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Lieutenant
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| Division |
1 Southern Division
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| Brigade |
2 Kerry Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Commandant Griffin;
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| Pension Claim |
No |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
OTHOther
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| Notes |
Partial dependents' gratuity of £50.
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyW2D30CLEMENTCOOPER.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW3MSRB75CLEMENTCOOPER.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWF428CLEMENTCOOPER.pdf |
| File dates |
17 November 1923 - 24 June 1957
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Daniel Cooper's receipt of a partial dependents' gratuity of £50 (fifty pounds sterling) under the Army Pensions Act, 1923 in respect of his son National Army Lieutenant Clement Cooper. File also relates to Daniel Cooper's unsuccessful appeals against this award and also to an unsuccessful application by Ellen Breen under the Army Pensions Act, 1953 in respect of her brother Clement Cooper.
Lieutenant Clement Cooper was killed in action at Araghmoon, Aughatubrid near Caherciveen, County Kerry on 4 September 1922 during the Civil War. Clement Cooper had also served with the IRA during the War of Independence.
File includes: signed typed standard report of 13 March 1924 from Defence Forces Adjutant General, Lieutenant General Gearóid O'Suilleavain to Ministry of Defence, Army Pensions Department regarding the date and circumstances of Lieutenant Clement Cooper's death and enclosing copy typed report of 10 March 1924 from the Office of the Adjutant, Kerry Command to the Adjutant General regarding Lieutenant Cooper's death; material relating to Garda Síochána investigations into the circumstances and means of the Cooper family and the degree of dependency of Daniel Cooper on his son at the time of the latter's death; typed copy of letter of 22 July 1924 from J. M. Sullivan addressed to "A Chara" regarding a number of Civil War related compensation claims including that of Daniel Cooper in respect of his son and enclosing typed copy undated unsigned and untitled document detailing the Irish Volunteer, IRA and National Forces service/activities of Michael Cooper brother of Clement Cooper; signed handwritten statements regarding Clement Cooper's War of Independence IRA service, in relation to Ellen Breen's application, from Jeremiah Kennedy and Cornelius O'Leary; and material relating to the family of Ellen Breen - partly closed.
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