Source: April 1917 casualty.
Family Search: When Private James Amos Cooper was born on 26 March 1876, in Walsall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Cooper, was 30 and his mother, Ann Bailey, was 27. He married Clara in 1899. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Walsall St Matthew, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911. He died on 19 April 1917, in Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 41, and was buried in Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Private James Amos Cooper. Regimental no. 868249.
This man enlisted with the 182nd Overseas Battalion on 26 May 1916, at Oshawa, Ontario. He was a moulder by trade and had prior military experience with the 2nd Staffordshire Volunteers.
He arrived in England aboard the SS Olympic on 31 July 1916, and was transferred to the 18th Battalion on 5 October 1916, arriving “in the field” on the 22nd.
Private Cooper suffered from chilblains on 1 February 1917 requiring visits to No. 5 and No. 4 Canadian Field Ambulances on 1 February and 2 February 1917 respectively.
He was released fit on 26 February 1917 and rejoined his unit.
On 13 April 1917 near Thelus, France, he was hit by a German projectile resulting in a GSW to his left arm and he was admitted to No. 14 General Hospital, Wimereux. France, where he died of his wounds on 19 April 1917.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 