James Cooper

A Second Hand with Drifter Fraternal (Lowestoft). James died on 3rd of November 1914 at the age of 42. 

James was born at Lowestoft in 1868. In 1871 he lived with his grandmother, Harriet Cooper, at Crowe's Buildings, 2 Eastern Square, Lowestoft, and in 1881, he was still living with his grandparents, at Crowe's Buildings. 

On 12 June 1895 James married Edith Nora Stone at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft. James was working as a fisherman and lived at 1 Capps Buildings, The Beach, Lowestoft, and Edith lived at 11 Wildes Street. By 1891 they were living at 18 Wildes Street, and James was a fisherman, and in 1911 they lived at 20 Anguish Street and James was a herring fisherman.  

Edith died in 1913. In 1914 James married Eleanor Rose Rose , formerly Fuller, the widow of John Rose. Their home was at 3 Clemence Street, Lowestoft.

On 3 November 1914 the Fraternal was fishing is a restricted area about 16 miles nne of Lowestoft and struck a mine. Three members of the crew were killed and survivors were picked up by the Launch Out and the Hasting Castle and taken to Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth.  

For further details see: World War One – History of Lowestoft's Fishing Industry (wordpress.com)