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P AGE 284

M ALAYA 1951

S T . E DWARD ’ S S CHOOL , O XFORD R OLL OF H ONOUR

Name JAMES BARRY COOP (Lt)

Roll Number 3363 Died 02:04:1951

Lef SES 1942

Set / House A

Arrive SES 1939

Where PERAK, MALAYA Serving with 40 COMMANDO, ROYAL MARINES

Age 25

Buried Kamunting Road Christian Cemetery, Taiping, Perak, Malaysia Remembered Roll of Honour Malaysia and Brunei. *Not on any St. Edward’s School Memorial - NEEDS CORRECTING*. Born Merseyside 1925, the middle of three SES brothers, one of whom died shortly after D-Day. On leaving he was in the Science VIth Form and a Lance Sergeant in the OTC. He was commissioned in the Royal Marines as a Second Lieutenant in 1944, Lieutenant a year later and posted to Malaysia. He was present at ‘Operation Boot’ during the occupation of Sebang, Malaysia. He survived the Second World War. He was again later posted to Malaysia in 1950 during the ‘Malayan Emergency’ or the ‘Anti-British Liberation War’ (1948-60). He continued his service with the Royal Marines after WW2 and was serving in Malaysia when ‘he was shot and killed when a patrol he was leading was ambushed about eight miles from Kuala Kangsar, Perak, by a strong force of communist terrorists. A fellow Corporal was also killed at the same time (‘The Light Blue Lanyard’). Over 500 British servicemen were lost in this War and another 2,400 wounded.