01 October 2016
20340 Private James Cooper of Kirkwall
Today is the centenary of the death of James Cooper of Kirkwall and 1st Royal Scots. James was the first of five Orcadians who were killed in the secondary theatre of Salonika in Greece during the Great War. His biography can be found as a Word document in the Kirkwall section of the website, or it can be downloaded direct as a pdf using the link below.