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Nicholas Kampers

## Nicholas Kampers (1873-1921)

Single WW1 British War medal, 2nd Lieutenant Nicholas (Nicolaas) Jan Kampers was a Dutch national who was born in Amsterdam on the 20th June 1873.

As a young man in Holland he undertook his compulsory military Service in Holland and 1890-91 he is noted as being an accomplished Speed Skater (he entered the world championship) and in 1893 he was the editor of “De Athleet” the in-house magazine for the Amsterdam athletics club.

He is noted as playing for the “Netherlands XI” the Dutch national team in 1894 as well as being Captain of Amsterdam Hockey club Holland's oldest hockey club and taking part in the Maastricht-Nijmegen-Maastricht cycling road race.

1895 he was working with the Birmingham based Nelson bicycle Company as there Amsterdam representative (He is noted a being a professional athlete and Footballer).

In 1896 he traveled from Southampton to Mozambique and then to the Cape returning to marry in 1898 Cornelia Maria Manikus in Katwijk, Holland (he divorced her in 1909 at Arnhem).

At some time in 1898 he left Holland and sailed for back to South Africa and according to his British army records he joined the Boer forces fighting the British serving as a Burgher in the Transvaal Republic serving under Generals Schoeman, Botha, Lemmer, De La Rey and De wet (needs confirmation).

Records show he leaves South Africa in 1903 and becomes a naturalised Englishman. In 1908 he is noted as having a Bankrupt notice against him living at the the Beechwood Club, Slough, in the county of Buckingham, formerly of Holyport House Dairy, and Poultry Farm, Holyport, in the county of Berks, of no occupation a formerly Dairyman?.

On the 8th September, 1914 he was gazetted temporary Second Lieutenants with the Interpreters and Intelligence corps and deployed to France on the 27th serving with the 36th Jacobs Horse on the 8th December he was told to proceed to the War Office in London and told his services were no longer required….his records show that a Mr Dacre Woffendin Jackson had written to Lord Kitchener stating that he was “The biggest scoundrel and thief he had ever met” and he owes money “all over the city”

The London Gazette notes Temporary Second Lieutenant N. J. Kampers relinquishes his commission Dated 24th December, 1914.

On the 25 October 1915 The Amsterdam “Tyd” newspaper states that one of its war correspondents in Belgian named Kampers, who has sent his paper various revelations which were disagreeable to the Germans, now been incarcerated in one of the forts at Liege.

In 1920 he was Chairman of the Cheshunt Cinema Company Limited and he died in Hammersmith in 1921 aged 48.
Leeds Wellington Cycling Club

Source: Brief history of the Leeds Wellington Cycling Club

* The beginning of 1914 showed 45 members. 30 served in the forces during the 1914-18 War. Seven lost their lives. Smoking concerts and prize presentations were held from the very early days in 1920. A two-minute silence was observed for the first time at these concerts in memory of the members who had given their lives for their country. This tribute continued to be observed over the next 40 years. A surviving handbook for 1922 revealed a membership of 53. Club runs were organised from March to October on Sundays, some Tuesdays and Thursday evenings only. Impromptu runs on a Sunday were held during the winter months. Also in 1922 a memorial trophy was purchased in memory of the seven members who had lost their lives in the Great War. Their names (\*see below) are engraved on the trophy and it was presented annually until very recent years to the winner of the Handicap in the Club’s 25-mile time trial. This trophy is still our most treasured acquisition.

*Names honoured on the Memorial Shield:*

*B. Shepherd, J.W. Wood, G. Newman, F. Thorpe, E. Bristow, W. Young & D. Lainton.*

*First awarded to E.Green in 1921 with a time of 1-23-31.*

*Last awarded to Phil North in 1994 with a time of 1-2-06*

More details in the Club history by Doug Fernyhough:

* During WWI (1914 - 1918) the club continued to function under great difficulties. Most of its members served in the Armed Forces and the long hours for those left behind making munitions left very little energy for an enthusiastic club life. All racing was abandoned until the end of the war. 30 members of the club served in the Armed Forces during the ‘Great War’ and seven of these lost their lives. A fund was started for a memorial trophy and on 15th December 1920 at a ‘Smoking Concert and Prize Presentation’ held at the Cattle Market Hotel on Gelderd Road the trophy was presented to the winner of the handicap in the clubs 25 miles Time Trial. A two minutes silence was observed in memory of the clubs fallen. The trophy was a shield with an engraved silver mounting which has been presented annually ever since.
Edgar Cooper

## Edgar Cooper (1898-1986)

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Edgar Robert COOPER, Private 6243

### Source

Fighting the Kaiser - http://fightingthekaiser.blogspot.com/2019/12/william-cooper-and-his-brother-edgar.html

### Edgar Cooper, member of Coburg Cycling Club, enlist

When William's brother 6243 Pte Edgar Robert Cooper, 6th Battalion, 20th Reinforcements, enlisted on 11 January 1916 he was an 18 year old tailor living in Fitzroy. He embarked on HMAT A14 Euripides on 11 September 1916. Victor Rogers and William Pascoe (KIA May 1917), both Coburg men, were also on board.

In September 1917 Edgar suffered from gunshot wounds (his left clavicle was broken) and shell shock (he'd been buried alive). He was 19 and had already survived considerable neck trauma from a knife wound inflicted by his mother during a pyschotic episode when he was three years old.

Edgar was sent home and discharged in June 1918. It appears that, like his brother William, he did not return to the Coburg Cycling Club. He lived at home in Fitzroy until 1937 then moved to Kew. He married Kathleen Colger in 1947 and died at Newtown, Geelong in 1986 aged 88.

Their older brother 7460 Pte Francis Henry Cooper, 5th Battalion, 25th Reinforcements, enlisted on 2 July 1917. He was a 26 year old labourer who was born in Preston and like his brothers gave their mother, Mrs Sarah Jane Flett of 9 Leicester Street, Fitzroy as his next of kin. He survived the war, returning to Australia in July 1919. Written on his record at a later date, but undated 'Soldier stated to have been killed in a railway accident.' I searched the TROVE newspaper collection for a report of this event without success. The Victorian Death Index states that he died at Melbourne East (so most likely in hospital) in 1928 aged 38.

### Sources

* Discovering Anzacs - https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/127215
 https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/98009
Jean-Marie Corre

## 18 September 1915 – Jean-Marie Corre

Source: Wikipedia (EN)

Jean-Marie Corre (21 June 1864, Trémel, Côtes-d'Armor – 18 September 1915) was a French cyclist and bicycle maker from 1895 to 1914 (workshops in Paris and Rueil), and an automobile manufacturer under the brand Corre, and later Corre La Licorne (with the factory located in Levallois-Perret).

In 1907, the Lestienne family, industrial spinners from Nord, took over the Société française des automobiles Corre. The arms of this family were a unicorn (fr: licorne), which became the mark and gradually the name of the firm. It remained active until 1949 under the name of Licorne or La Licorne, before being taken over by Berliet. This takeover followed steel shortages due to the plan Pons, a five-year program for the recreation of French industry through policies such as manufacturing sports and luxury cars, as well as Citroen's decision to stop delivering engines.

Jean-Marie Corre continued a side business of artisanal automobile manufacturing branded "Corre, JC and Le Cor" until 1913.

He married Marie-Augustine Kerharo in Plestin-les-Grèves on 17 August 1892.
Saint Stephens' Cycling Club

Memorial Plaque in the St Stephens and St Thomas Church at Hammersmith and Fulham (Greater London) of the First World War:

* Inscription: 1914 - 1918 / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEMBERS OF ST STEPHEN'S/ CYCLING CLUB WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ (NAMES)

* 18 names on the memorial
	+ 9 "Served and returned"
	+ 9 "Died"

No names known.

Source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/47451
Ivan Vranken

## 6 September 1915 -|- Ivan Vranken

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Read more on the Dutch Wiki.

### Sources

* Belgian War Dead Register - https://www.wardeadregister.be/nl/dead-person?idPersonne=47881
* Fiche Dienst oorlogsgraven - https://files.warveterans.be/pdf/A65/36968.PDF
* GoneWest Namenlijst - https://database.namenlijst.be/publicsearch/#/person/\_id=603ED779-297B-11D2-B12B-BE2CDE1F7030
* Bel Memorial - http://www.bel-memorial.org/tribute/tribute\_1.php?INDIVIDUALS\_ID=2271&RECOUP=2271
http://www.bel-memorial.org/cities/liege/waremme/waremme\_mom.htm
http://www.bel-memorial.org/cities/liege/waremme/waremme\_plaques\_athenee.htm
* Chronique de Waremme - http://www.chronique-waremme.be/mort-dyvan-vrancken/
Ferdinand Hart Nibbrig

## 12 October 1915 - Ferdinand Hart-Nibbrig

Ferdinand Hart-Nibbrig as racer

source: Wikipedia (EN)

Ferdinand Hart Nibbrig (1866, Amsterdam – 1915, Laren), was a Dutch painter and Theosophist. He was one of the first artists who introduced luminism to the Netherlands. Hart was his mother's maiden name. He adopted it in 1884 when all of her brothers had died without issue.

### Biography

He was born to a family of merchants. His grandfather, who had several well-known artists as friends, noticed Ferdinand's talent for drawing and advised his father to have him given lessons by Johan Adolph Rust (1828-1915), a noted marine painter who taught at the local technical school. His formal artistic training began at the Quellinusschool from 1881 to 1883, followed by five years at the Rijksakademie. This was followed by a year in Paris at the Académie Julian and the Atelier Cormon.

Initially, he painted in the style of Amsterdam Impressionism but, while in Paris, came under the influence of Vincent van Gogh and Georges Seurat and adopted Pointillism. His first studio, in Amsterdam, had originally belonged to Jozef Israëls. Later, he lived in Laren, but worked throughout the Netherlands, especially in Vlieland and Zoutelande. He also travelled to Germany and Algeria, which proved to be a disappointment because it was too hot to work and he could not find any models.

In 1895, he married Johanna Bartruida Moltzer (1869-1957), who he met while doing portraits of her family. After 1906, he began to feel that Laren was losing its character and moved to Rhenen. During this time, he reverted to older styles of painting. He returned to Laren a year later, however and, in 1910, built a house, designed by Georg Sturm. He also took numerous students; most notably Jacoba van Heemskerck.

In 1908, his wife left the Dutch Reformed Church to become a Theosophist. Ferdinand followed suit, joining the lodge in Het Gooi and hosting meetings in their home. After his death, Johanna moved to Dornach, Switzerland, where Rudolf Steiner had established a private institute.

A permanent exhibition of his paintings, drawings and lithographs was established at the Singer Museum in 1981. A street is named after him in the Overtoomse Veld neighborhood of Amsterdam; an area which features streets named after 19th- and 20th-century Dutch painters.

* More information of his cycling career (in Dutch) http://nl.renners-in-de-grote-oorlog.wikia.com/wiki/Ferdinand\_Hart\_Nibbrig
* More information of his cycling career (in French) http://fr.cyclistes-dans-la-grande-guerre.wikia.com/wiki/Ferdinand\_Hart\_Nibbrig
Henri Alavoine

© Collection Jean-Marie Letailleur

## 19 July 1916 -|- Henri Alavoine

Source: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri\_Alavoine

Henri Alavoine (6 March 1890 – 19 July 1916) was a French racing cyclist. He finished in last place in the 1913 Tour de France.

Read more on the Dutch Wiki and the French Wiki.

For results in the Tour de France, see Tourstats.dk...
Links - Great War

### Usefull Links

* http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/allied/regiment.php?pid=17658  (Cyclist bataljon)
* http://www.the42.ie/tour-de-france-wwi-1541074-Jun2014/ (Cyclists in WW I)
* https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/feature/remembrance-day-special-canadian-corps-cyclist-battalion/(Canada)
* https://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/article/bicycles-of-world-war-1-42001/ (bicycles of World War I)
* https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search/all-records/soldiers-died-in-the-great-war-1914-1919?regiment=army%20cyclist%20corps database with names
* https://www.bikeshophub.com/blog/2016/09/16/bikes-at-war-part-two-the-great-war
* http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/hitler/
* https://www.cyclinguk.org/news/20151111-lest-forget-ctc-cyclists-war (CTC)
* http://www.canadaatwar.ca/forums/showthread.php?t=2673 (Canada)
* The AIF Project (Australia)
* Commonwealth War Graves Commission (C.W.G.C.)
* The Australian War Memorial (Australia)
* New Zealand War Graves Project (New Zealand)
* Discovering Anzacs (Australia | New Zealand)
* Auckland War Memorial Museum (New Zealand)
Léon Houa

## 31 January 1918 - Léon Houa

Léon Houa in 1892

Source: Wikipedia (EN)

Léon Houa (8 November 1867 – 31 January 1918) was a Belgian road bicycle racer famous for winning the first three editions of Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1892–1894. The race has come to be known as La Doyenne ("The Old Lady"), and is one of the five 'Monuments' of the European professional road cycling calendar, and the oldest.

The first two editions of Liège–Bastogne–Liège were amateur races. On 29 May 1892, he bested 32 amateur riders over 250 km to finish the race in 10 hours, 48 minutes and 36 seconds and became the first Liège–Bastogne–Liège champion. On 28 May 1893, he finished in 10 hours, 40 minutes and ahead of 25 other riders. Also in 1893, Houa won the amateur version of the Belgium National Road Race Championship.

Houa went on to win the first professional version of the race held in 1894 in 8 hours, 52 minutes and 5 seconds over a distance of 223 km. Also in 1894, Houa captured the elite men's version of the Belgium National Road Race Championship.

In his later years, Houa was an automobile race driver. In 1910, he was driving for Renault. He died in a race accident during the Tour of Belgium.

### Major achievements

#### 1893 – Amateur

* Liège–Bastogne–Liège
* Belgium National (Amateur) Road Race Cycling Champion

#### 1894 – Professional

* Liège–Bastogne–Liège
* Belgium Belgian National Road Race Championships

### External links

* Cycling Archives - http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=9236
* Mémoire du Cyclisme - http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/pelotons/coureurs.php?c=23325
Norman Carter

## 30 September 1918 -|- James Caughley

Source: Remuera Heritage - http://www.remueraheritage.org.nz/BlogRetrieve.aspx?PostID=764728&A=SearchResult&SearchID=4592200&ObjectID=764728&ObjectType=55

Herbert Norman Carter (Service number 74080), known as Norman, was born on 22 March 1898 in Auckland to an Auckland dentist, Arthur Morton Carter and Edith Annie Carter (nee Smith) of Sarsfield Street, Ponsonby, later moving to Norana Avenue, Remuera. Herbert Norman Carter’s paternal grandfather, Charles Henry Carter, was a Baptist minister and missionary in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) who produced the first translation of the Old Testament into Sinhalese in 1876 before retiring to Ponsonby, Auckland in 1881. Norman Carter was educated at Bayfield School in Ponsonby, Hamilton High School, and from 1913 at Auckland Grammar School. He passed the Civil Service Entrance Examination in 1914. He was a keen sportsman – winning his age group swimming races while at Hamilton High School and a successful cyclist, winning first place at a “patriotic athletics and cycle meeting” held in Onehunga on 4 December 1915 and the secondary schools’ handicap mile and was second in the half mile. When he left school, Norman Carter worked as a law clerk at the Auckland Farmers Freezing Company (AFFCO).

He tried to volunteer for the war effort and passed the medical examination on 23 February 1916 but was rejected because of his young age (17). He volunteered again on 6 October 1917, having been given permission by his parents on the condition he remained home until after Christmas. He was described as 5ft 7 ½ inches, with blue eyes and fair hair. On 9 May 1918 Norman sailed on the vessel ‘Maunganui”, for Liverpool, England arriving on 24 June 1918 as a Private with 37th Reinforcements, C Company, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. In England, he was hospitalised in early September 1918 with influenza. When he had recovered, he was sent to France, where battles were being fought for land near what was known as the Hindenburg Line where the Germans had hoped to hold the advance in that sector. The New Zealand Division came out of reserve for the final phases of the Battle of the Canal du Nord (27 September 1916 – 1 October 1916), fighting their way through the main Hindenburg Line, near Havrincourt. He was killed in action on 30 September 1918 in Havrincourt, France.

There is an obituary to him in the Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Third Term, 1918 and the N Z Herald. [4]. There are many additional details about Herbert Norman Carter written by his family and put on a website https://www.herbertnormancarter.org/about-norman/.

He is remembered on:

* Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, Auckland, New Zealand
* Roll of Honour, Epsom Presbyterian Church, 10 Gardner Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand
* Hamilton Memorial Park, Memorial Drive, Hamilton East, 3245
De Laune Cycling Club

## The DE LAUNE CYCLING CLUB Roll of Honour

There are five names from the 1914/18 war on the Newnham memorial plaque; Frank Charles REED, Percival John TIBBELS, Arthur WILLIAMS, William ENGLAND and Walter Henry WEBSTER.

William ENGLAND was shaving at the door of his dug-out when he was fatally wounded by a shell a few days before Arthur WILLIAMS was killed. Lieutenant Walter Henry WEBSTER lost his life within a few days of being awarded the D.S.O. for picking up a German mortar shell which had landed among his men and throwing it to safety. He was last seen running towards some Germans who had got into his trench - firing his revolver as he went.

### 1914 - 1918

* Frank Charles REED
* Percival John TIBBELS
* Walter Henry WEBSTER
* William ENGLAND
* Arthur WILLIAMS

### Sources

* http://www.delaunecc.org/Club\_roll\_of\_hon.htm
* http://www.delaunecc.org/Club\_roll\_of\_hon14-18.htm
* http://www.kentfallen.com/
* https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1510
Hermann Martens

Sport-Album der Rad-Welt 1904

## during 1916 -|- Hermann Martens

Source: Wikipedia (EN)

Hermann Martens (April 16, 1877 in Berlin – 1916) was a German track cyclist who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

He won the silver medal together with his teammates Karl Neumer, Max Götze, and Rudolf Katzer in the team pursuit. He also competed in the 660 yards sprint, in the 5000 metres race, in the 20 kilometres, and in the 1000 metre sprint, but was always eliminated in the first round. He also participated in the 100 kilometres race, but was not able to finish the race. In the tandem event together with Alwin Boldt he was also dropped out in the first round.

* Read more on the Dutch Wiki.
Plinio Carteri

### Sources

* Museo del Ciclismo - http://www.ciclomuseo-bartali.it/museociclismo/articoli/articolo.php?id=5040
* Website Valeggio sul Mincio - http://www.valeggio.com/index.php/it/fare-scoprire/personaggi-storici/item/233-plinio-carteri-1895-1916-campione-ciclistico-eroe-di-guerra
* 14-18 documenti e imaggini - http://www.14-18.it/documento-manoscritto/mcrr\_caduti\_53\_13/1
* Renato Adami - A memoria di Plinio Carteri: campione ciclista e valoroso bersagliere caduto per la Patria, Volume 13 Quadretto storico, Comune di Valeggio sul Mincio, 2010 (45 pagina's)
* Coups de Pédales, n° 172 (19), janvier-février 2016
* Albo d'Oro dei Caduti e Dispersi della 1ª Guerra Mondiale - http://www.difesa.it/\_layouts/15/MdDEvoluzione-Layouts/Archivio/AlboOro/29/145.jpg
* Albo dei Caduti della Grande Guerra - http://www.cadutigrandeguerra.it/Albo\_Oro/Archivi/29/145.jpg

en:Plinio Carteri
Keeley Jameson

## 8 May 1915 -|- Keeley Jameson

Source: Kete Chriostchurch - http://ketechristchurch.peoplesnetworknz.info/site/topics/show/1333-keeley-selwyn-jameson#.Xal2XnlI9GM

Keeley Selwyn Jameson (Service no. 6/963) was a First World War soldier. Keeley was born 28 October 1887 to William and Mary. William was an English immigrant, having arrived in Lyttelton in 1863. After working for the Canterbury Provincial Council William worked as a clerk for Selwyn County Council before establishing his own accountancy firm, William Jameson and Son. At the time of Keeley’s enlistment his parents resided at 54 Garden Road, Fendalton.

Keeley was educated at Christ’s College.

After completing his education he worked for Todhunter Brothers, grain seed and produce merchants, on Cashel Street. He then went to work for Dalgety and Company before taking up work with Christchurch Seed Company. Prior to his enlistment he was an agent for Cudden and Jameson.

He was an amateur cyclist.

On 4 August 1914 Britain declared war on Imperial Germany and in response New Zealand offered the services of an expeditionary force to assist in the war effort. Keeley enlisted with the 1st Canterbury Infantry on 20 August 1914. At the time of his enlistment he had three years experience with cadets.

Keeley would have departed with the rest of the Canterbury troops for Wellington on 23 September where they joined the remainder of the New Zealand troops. When a naval fleet had been assembled the main body departed New Zealand on 16 October 1914. After stopping in Australia where it was joined by the Australian troopships, the expeditionary force proceeded to Egypt where it arrived on 3 December 1914.

From 21 November to 27 November, while on board the troop ship, he was admitted to hospital with influenza.
During his time in Egypt Keeley attended the Christmas dinner held by fellow Cantabrian soldiers at Shepheard’s Hotel, Cairo. His signature can be seen on the menu which was signed by those who attended the dinner.
A photograph from February 1915 shows Keeley, along with other Christchurch soldiers of the Canterbury Infantry Battalion relaxing on the banks of the Suez Canal where they had been deployed to guard against an attack from the Ottoman Turks.

Later that year he was deployed to the Dardanelles Strait as part of an Allied plan to capture the Gallipoli Peninsula from the Ottoman Turks.

Keeley was killed in action at Gallipoli, 8 May 1915.
Octave Lapize

## 23 June 1917 -|- Octave Lapize

Source: Wikipedia (EN)

Octave Lapize (24 October 1887 – 14 July 1917) was a French professional road racing cyclist and track cyclist.

Most famous for winning the 1910 Tour de France and a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 kilometres, he was a three-time winner of one-day classics, Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Brussels.

### Career

In his first Tour De France in 1909, he abandoned early due to wintery conditions during the month of July, but not before he managed a Stage 2 second place behind Tour winner Francois Faber. The following year he went head-to-head with Alcyon teammate Faber who led comfortably until colliding with a dog at the foot of the Pyrenees. Lapize finally won by just 4 points helped by a number of punctures to Faber's bike on the final stage from Caen to Paris. In a total of six starts in the Tour De France between 1909 and 1914, this victory was the only one he finished.

He is noted for looking at some Tour officials on the climb of the Col du Tourmalet in the 1910 Tour de France and yelling, "Vous êtes des assassins! Oui, des assassins!' (French for 'You are murderers! Yes, murderers!')" The stage in question was 326 kilometers in length, featured 7 brutal climbs, and was raced on unsealed roads with single-gear bicycles.

The First World War ended his cycling career. As a fighter pilot in the French army, Octave Lapize was shot down near Flirey, Meurthe-et-Moselle on 14 July 1917. Severely injured, he died in a hospital in Toul.

* Read more on the Dutch Wiki and the French Wiki..

* For results in the Tour de France, see Tourstats.dk...
Austria-Hungary

*Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire before the Great War. In the sport there were separate teams for Austria, Hungary and Bohemia, such as at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm.*
(Click on the name with a link to read more)

**==> Austrian Radfahrer-Clubs**

Some information on:

* http://rob1958.beepworld.de/radsportgeschichte.htm
* Illustriertes (Österreichisches) Sportblatt (information on cycling) (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek)
William Cooper

## William Cooper (1893-1973)

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William Knox COOPER, Private 3712

### Source

Fighting the Kaiser - http://fightingthekaiser.blogspot.com/2019/12/william-cooper-and-his-brother-edgar.html

### William Cooper, member of Coburg Cycling Club, enlist

William Knox Cooper, born Hotham (North Melbourne) in 1893 and his younger brother Edgar Robert, born Hotham in 1898 were both members of the Coburg Cycling Club, although they came from Fitzroy.

When 3712 Pte William Knox Cooper, 6th Battalion, 12th Reinforcements, enlisted on 7 July 1915 he was 22 year old bootmaker living in Fitzroy. He embarked on 23 November 1915 on board HMAT A40 Ceramic. There were Coburg servicemen sailing on the same ship - William Irons, Cyril Jolley (KIA September 1917), Frederick Buzaglo, Jack Sheehan, Gerald Roberts, Frederick Atkinson (DOW March 1917) and William Alexander (DOW August 1918). It's just possible, then, that these men met on the ship and had a chat about the suburb they had in common - Coburg.

Cooper sustained gunshot injuries in August 1916 and was sent from France to England to the Trent War Hospital (at Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire).

Returned to Australia in November 1916, William Cooper was discharged the following February. One part of his record says he was injured in the leg, another in the feet and yet another in his arm. Whatever the case, on his return it appears he did not go back to cycling. He returned to his former trade of shoemaker, married Ruth Lerwill in 1931 and died in 1973 aged 80.

Their older brother 7460 Pte Francis Henry Cooper, 5th Battalion, 25th Reinforcements, enlisted on 2 July 1917. He was a 26 year old labourer who was born in Preston and like his brothers gave their mother, Mrs Sarah Jane Flett of 9 Leicester Street, Fitzroy as his next of kin. He survived the war, returning to Australia in July 1919. Written on his record at a later date, but undated 'Soldier stated to have been killed in a railway accident.' I searched the TROVE newspaper collection for a report of this event without success. The Victorian Death Index states that he died at Melbourne East (so most likely in hospital) in 1928 aged 38.

### Sources

* Discovering Anzacs - https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/127706
 https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/63054
Joseph Jiel-Laval

## 26 February 1917 -|- Joseph Jiel-Laval

Source: Wikipedia (EN)

Joseph Jiel-Laval, real name: Joseph Marie François Laval or Pierre-Joseph Laval, (born 26 November 1855 in Saint-Junien; died 26 February 1917 in Bordeaux) was a French cyclist.

### Life

Jiel-Laval grew up in Angers. His rode his first race in 1876 on a Penny-farthing for the Véloce-Club d'Angers. The following year he settled in Bordeaux and opened a bicycle shop, initially called Vélocipèdes Jiel-Laval, later Cycles Jiel-Laval. The nickname Jiel originated from the initials of his name Joseph Laval. In Bordeaux he founded the Veloce Club Bordelais and was one of the founders of the Ligue française d'éducation physique. In France, he was one of the most prominent cyclists.[3]

In May 1891, Jiel-Laval finished fifth at the first edition of Bordeaux-Paris. On 6 September of the same year he started on a Clément bicycle at the first edition of the 1200-kilometer race Paris-Brest-Paris. First, he led an hour ahead of Charles Terront, but could not hold this because he had to take a break due to exhaustion. Terront's manager H.O. Duncan, however, instructed his rider to drive around the hotel where Jiel-Laval was sleeping in order not to be seen by his companions. When Jiel-Laval woke up, he learned that Terront was two hours ahead of him.[4] Charles Terront ended up winning in 71 hours and 37 minutes, Jiel-Laval finishing second in 80 hours four minutes.

Jiel-Laval died in 1917 at the age of 61. The funeral speech at the funeral was held by well-known journalist Maurice Martin. A year later, his widow left the bike on which her husband lost Paris-Brest-Paris to the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris. The city of Bordeaux named the Rue Jiel Laval after him.
Lew Ambler

## 6 June 1918 -|- Lew Ambler

no image available

***Source: Fighting the Kaiser: Coburg and the First World War***
 https://fightingthekaiser.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-ambler-family-of-morelands.html

### The Ambler family of Moreland's contribution to the war

Widow Lizzie Ambler did not have it easy. Her husband died in his 40s, leaving her with four young children to raise. She managed, but it was a struggle as you can tell from this newspaper article in the Herald.

After her husband's death on their rural block at Kardella, near Korumburra in South Gippsland, Lizzie Ambler settled in Coburg and for many years the family lived at 'Blenheim',168 Moreland Road, Coburg West, on the border with Brunswick, in an area more commonly known as Moreland.

The family attended St Augustine's Church, then on the corner of Davies Street and Moreland Road.

The girls were confirmed at St Augustine's in 1908. Lizzie married George William Mateer in 1920 at St Augustine’s Church. She died in 1985 aged 91. Rose married Leopold Beever in 1924. She died in 1976 aged 84. Milanie trained as a nurse at the Children's Hospital and served as Staff Nurse Milanie Treleavan Ambler in Salonika during World War One. She did not marry, worked as a nurse all her life and died in 1970 aged 81.

Their only brother Llewellyn (Lew), a builder by trade, was one of a number of members of the Coburg Cycling Club who enlisted in World War One.

A send off was held for Lew and his mates at the Club. Mr Johnston (Andrew Johnston, club stalwart) gave ‘a fine speech’ and mentioned that so far 30 members of the Club had enlisted.

Andrew Johnston’s son Donald was one of the 30 who had enlisted. By the time his father Andrew made his speech farewelling Lew Ambler, ‘hero of 100 battles on the track’, Percy Power (Cycling Club secretary) and Richard Lawless, Don was dead, killed in action at Krithia on 8 May 1915.

Lew Ambler’s pals from Coburg Cycling Club, Richard (Dick) Lawless and Percival (Percy) Power placed In Memoriam notices in the newspapers for years after his death. They joined up at around the same time and the local paper (Brunswick and Coburg Leader, 24 Sep 1915) commented 'and so the three will share the fortunes of war together.’ This was the case until Ambler’s death the 6 June 1918, but he was never forgotten by his friends.

### Sources

* Fighting the Kaiser - https://fightingthekaiser.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-ambler-family-of-morelands.html
Peterborough Cycling Club

The Peterborough Cycling Club is the oldest continuously active cycling club in the country. Although other clubs claim to have been founded at an earlier date, the Peterborough is, to the best of our knowledge, the only one that has not ceased to exist at some point and then been reformed. Although the club badge shows 1874, latest research into the clubs history, has shown that it was actually founded in 1873.

 H. Thomson

Many thanks to Jen Auckland (archivist Peterborough Cycling Club ) for the additional names.
Emile Besnier

L'Auto-vélo, 30-06-1910

## 31 July 1915 -|- Emile Besnier

Participant of Tour de France 1910, ***Emile Besnier***, was soldier at the 39th Infanteryregiment and died the 31 July at Aubigny-en-Artois as a result of his woundings. He was was born the 7th January 1889 in Versailles.

In the Tour de France of 1910, he had given up in the 10th stage Luchon-Bayonne.

For results in the Tour de France, see Tourstats.dk...
Rudolph Lewis

Lewis en 1912

### Biographie

Rudolph Ludewyk "Okey" Lewis (12 July 1887 – 29 October 1933) was a South African road racing cyclist who won the gold medal in the road race at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Lewis was born on a farm near Pretoria and grew up in Germiston. He worked full-time underground at a gold mine, and in spare time trained in cycling, boxing and skating. After the 1912 Olympics he raced professionally in Germany in 1913–14, and won the classic race Rund um Dresden in 1914. During World War I, he served in the German Army and was awarded the Iron Cross. His health deteriorated as a result of war injuries and time spent in a prison camp, which resulted in his early death at age 46.

### Major results

#### 1912

* Summer Olympics Time Trial - Gold Medal
Georges Parent

## 22 October 1918 -|- Georges Parent

Source: Wikipedia (EN)

Georges Parent (15 September 1885 – 22 October 1918) was a French professional cyclist who was active between 1907 and 1914, predominantly in motor-paced racing. In this discipline he won the world championships in 1909–1911 and finished in third place in 1907.

Parent started biking while working as a delivery boy for a coffee shop. His first competition was a road race in 1903. He retired from cycling with the start of World War I, enlisted to the French Army and was wounded several times in battles. Three weeks before the end of the war, he died of the Spanish flu.
Worthing Excelsior Cycling Club

When founded in 1887 during Queen Victoria's Jubilee year, the "Worthing Working Men's Excelsior Cycling Club" was in time to see significant changes in bicycle design and performance that was to lead to greater freedom, comfort and speed, even on those rough turnpike roads and tracks of Victorian Sussex. About that time the chain driven 'Safeties' were beginning to supersede the 'High Bicycles', and models with gears and patented Dunlop pneumatic tyres were becoming available.

Later the name changed in Worthing Excelsior Cycling Club.

No others names known.

Website Worthing Excelsior Cycling Club.
Бургерпентс

* В закусочній
* В світі

## [Детальніше про шаблон]

**Бургерпентс** *(англ. Burgerpants)* - це працівник ресторану швидкого харчування всередині Курорту МТТ. Він останній продавець у грі та продає найдорожчу їжу.

## Зовнішність

Бургерпентс - 19-ти річний рудий кіт, який носить маленького капелюха з літерою М та робочий костюм. Можна помітити, що він палить сигарету в одному із своїх виразів обличчя.

## Особистість

Бургерпентс вельми нервовий працівник, який ненавидить свою роботу і свого роботодавця. Він згадує, що він хотів бути актором, так що, швидше за все, саме тому він так часто робить драматичний вираз обличчя. Бургерпентс може бути саркастичним, коли роздратований. Незважаючи на це, він як і раніше сподівається на краще. Він може бути в захваті і наполягати на своїй думці.

## Діалоги

### Нейтральний Шлях та Шлях Істинного Пацифіста

* *Ласкаво просимо в МТТ-Brand Burger Emporium, будинок Гламбургерів.*
* *Зроби свій день яскравішим (TM).*
* *Що я можу зробити для тебе, маленький приятель?* **[Якщо порозмовляти]**

### Купити

* *Чим можу бути корисним, о покупець?* **[під час покупки]**
* *Спасибі! Вдалого ЧУДО-ВОГО дня!* **[після покупки]**
* *Так ти хочеш що-небудь купити чи ні ???* **[відмова від придбання]**
* *У тебе немає місця.* **[повний інвентар]**
* *Бери що хочеш, маленький приятель.* **[після розмови під час покупки]**
* *Тримай, маленький приятель.* **[після покупки]**

### Продати

* *(ЧОМУ ЦЯ ЛЮДИНА НАМАГАЄТЬСЯ ПРОДАТИ МЕНІ ЩОСЬ ЦЕ РЕСТОРАН ГАМБУРГЕРІВ Я ПРОСТО НАМАГАЮСЯ ВИЖИТИ)*
* *КИМ ТИ СЕБЕ УЯВИВ.* **[вибрати знову]**
* **[Після розмови]**

*Хммм ...*
         Чому б не спробувати продати це тим двом дівчатам в провулку*?*
Fritz Ryser

## 13 February 1916 -|- Fritz Ryser

Source: Wikipedia (EN)

Fritz Ryser (26 May 1873 – 13 February 1916) was a Swiss cyclist. He won the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1908 and finished in third place in 1901.

Ryser started with road racing and won a national title in 1899. The same year he turned professional and won a national title in motor-paced racing. Although in 1908 he became the first Swiss cyclist to win a world title in this discipline, his career was marred with bad luck. Eight days after the race, his pacer Joseph Black died in a race in Düsseldorf. Next year Ryser himself got into a serious accident in Berlin – his pacer Emil Borchardt while trying to avoid a fallen rider hit the stands; his motorcycle exploded killing nine people. Shortly after the outbreak of World War I, Ryser was detained for alleged espionage while racing in Poland, whereas his pacemaker was deported to Siberia. Ryser died from a stroke in Berlin, aged 42.

Read more on the French Wiki.
Léon Hourlier

## 16 October 1915 -|- Léon Hourlier

Source: Wikipedia (EN)

Léon Hourlier (16 September 1885 – 16 October 1915) was a French cyclist. He was born in Reims, France. He won the French national cycling championships in 1909, 1911 and 1914. He also won the Grand Prix de Paris in 1914. Both Hourlier and his brother-in-law and fellow cyclist Léon Comès enlisted in the French military during World War I. They died together in a military air accident at Saint-Etienne-au-Temple in the Champagne district in France.
James Harding

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#### James Arthur Harding

The first Dubbo man killed in action in World War I was a married father of four young children whose death underscored the brutal reality of life on the frontline. At home, a series of fundraisers were planned to assist his grieving family and a lengthy biography detailing his many achievements appeared in the local newspaper, which also hailed his ascent up the military ranks (within six months, he had been promoted from Private to Corporal). There is no doubt that between his work as carrier for a mixed business store, and his involvement in the Dubbo Motor and Cycle Club, Corporal Harding had been something of a community leader. He was not the first man in the area to sign up to the war effort, but he had nonetheless enlisted soon after war was declared, signing his papers on September 18, 1914. By the time he left Australia on December 22, he had already earned an initial promotion to Lance Corporal. He was sent straight on to Turkey and spent the day of the first Gallipoli landing in a boat off Gada Temple, tending to severely wounded diggers, many of who had sustained horrific, life-threatening injuries. By the time he went ashore at midnight, the full extent of the carnage was just becoming evident. By April 27, he had been sent to Quinn’s Post in the Anzac sector of Gallipoli, where he and his unit were separated from the enemy by less than 50 feet. Communications were almost completely cut, and he and his fellow soldiers were met with a volley of gunfire every time they attempted to advance. Like so many others, Corporal Harding did not survive the day. He was shot dead by an enemy sniper and given a quick burial at the foot of Quinn’s Post. (His grave was subsequently lost.) Back in Dubbo, his family was told, erroneously, that he had not lived past April 25. He never reached his 29th birthday, which he had been due to celebrate the following month. His widow, Eva, was subsequently awarded a military pension, although the amount was increased by 50 per cent after she wrote to authorities to point out that her husband’s rank was Corporal, not Private, when he died.

### Bronnen

* The Fallen of Dubbo - http://resources.news.com.au/files/2015/04/23/1227317/581424-the-fallen-of-dubbo.pdf, p. 22
* The AIF Project - https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=126681
* National Archives of Australia - https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4245978
* RSL Virtual War Memorial - https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/people/190216
* Commonwealth War Graves Commission - https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/717168/HARDING,%20JAMES%20ARTHUR
Manchester Wheelers' Club

The club was formed on 7 July 1883, as Manchester Athletic Bicycle Club, the name being changed to Manchester Wheelers' Club in 1890.

Of the 20 Manchester Wheelers who served in the first World War, two – Fred Armytage and Albert Reeks – never came home. Their memory lives on in the two Memorial Shields established in their names.

 Albert Reeks

Read more on the website.
Keighley Albion Cycling Club

An article about the memorial from a May 1921 edition of the Keighley News says it was unveiled by a Jonas Bradley, from Stanbury, adding it commemorated four club members killed in the war.

The same article states the memorial: “... took the form of a handsomely framed picture containing the photograph of those who made the supreme sacrifice.”

“Altogether, there were about 22 members (or former members) of the club who served their country.”
Fake Luigi

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Fake Luigi is the supporting protagonist (formerly deuteragonist) of Super Stuff Bros.He is seen having a sardonic attitude. Compared to his portrayal in the first season, he has a deep, cynical tone (to hint at how he is a separate character than Luigi. In the first season he is portrayed by MonsieurLemon and in the second season he is portrayed by CJ Munoz.

## History

In the beginning of the series, he was very envious of Luigi. When Mario was not around, he had thrown Luigi on the roof and had replaced him as Luigi. He had endured Elmo's torture throughout the series (despite Elmo thinking that he was the real Luigi). Later, him and Luigi reconcile and Fake Luigi joins the adventures.
Phil O'Shea

## Phil O'Shea (1889-1980)

Phil O'Shea was born in New Zealand in 1889 - his twin brother died at birth. As a child, O'Shea was prone to frequent bouts of quinsy, a disease now better known as peritonsillar abscess, which would cause his throat to swell and become so painful that he couldn't eat and had difficulty breathing. This seems to have stunted his growth - at 17 and although his father was a large man more than 183cm in height, he stood just 167cm tall and weighed less than 54kg.

However, he took up cycling when he was 19 and found it suited him very well - two years later, he had increased his muscle mass so much that he weighed in at almost 71kg and he went on to dominate the cycling scene in New Zealand and Autralia between 1911 and 1923. In the early days, be made up for brawn with sheer determination and a canny ability to read his opponents: when he started the Timaru to Christchurch race in 1909, he was given a 45 minute head start over the rest of the field and yet nobody expected him to finish. What they didn't know was that the young rider had spent much of the time when his childhood illness confined him to bed poring over the sports newspapers and had created an indexed record of races, which over time instilled him with an expert understanding of race tactics that would be the envy of any modern directeur sportif. He didn't just finish the race - he won, despite having to ride with a buckled rear wheel after another entrant rode into his bike while he was stopped at a drinks station enjoying a glass of milk.

Two years later, the race became Christchurch to Timaru because the organisers felt that the people of Timaru had been such good hosts of the start in years gone by that they deserved the opportunity to see the finish. O'Shea was there once again, but during the race a dog ran into the road and got between his wheels, sending him flying. He landed heavily on his head and was covered in cuts and bruises. Yet he got back on his bike and won the race - bleeding all the way.

O'Shea remained a household name for a long time after his career came to an end and by the end of the 1960s there was talk of him becoming recognised as New Zealand's greatest ever athlete. Even today, a century after his peak, he remains well-known in his home country.

* Source: Cycling Archives.

* See also Wikipedia (EN).
Léopold Treuvelot

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## 5 November 1914 -|- Léopold Treuvelot

### Biography

Treuvelot probably started in 1903 as professional cyclist with an inscription for Bordeaux-Paris, but in a cycling accident he brooks his collarbone and couldn’t start. The next year he started in the Tour of France, but in the first stage, Paris-Lyon, he only passed the second control and left the race. In 1905 he became 24th in Paris-Roubaix. Hereafter stopped his cycling career.

Léopold Treuvelot was soldier in the 5th Infantry regiment and disappeared the 5 November 1914 near Cauroy-lès-Hermonville (Marne).

Read more on the Dutch Wiki and the French Wiki.

For results in the Tour de France, see Tourstats.dk...

### Results

#### 1903

* 09-05-1903: inscription Bordeaux – Paris (number 16)

#### 1904 | Mauxion - Longfils

* 02-07-1904: D.N.F. 1° stage Tour de France, Paris – Lyon

#### 1905 | individual

* 16-04-1905: 10° Prix Gladiator, Versailles – Montfort – l’Amaury (3de cat. prof.)

23-04-1905: 24° Paris - Roubaix

### Sources

• Forum Mémoire du Cyclisme - http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/SMForum/index.php?topic=5402.msg37844
• Mémoire du Cyclisme - http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/pelotons/coureurs.php?c=35206
• De Wielersite - http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=44631
• Arche Chaville - https://arche-chaville.fr/spip/spip.php?article57
• Mémorial GenWeb - http://www.memorialgenweb.org/memorial3/html/fr/complementter.php?table=bp&id=3996976
http://www.memorialgenweb.org/memorial3/html/fr/resultcommune.php?idsource=2192
• Les monuments aux morts - https://monumentsmorts.univ-lille.fr/monument/23814/chaville-cimetierecommunal/?elm=1