| Unit/Regiment | Monmouthshire Regiment |
| Battalion | 1st |
| Rank | Private |
| Service Number | 226532 |
| Theatre of War first served in | |
| Date of entry therein | |
| Age at Death | |
| Date of Death | 17/06/1917 |
| Burial/Memorial | Loos British Cemetery, France |
| CWGC Family Details | |
| Born | Newport, Mon |
| Enlisted | Newport, Mon |
| Resided | |
| How Died | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Medal Entitlement | British War Medal Victory Medal |
| Notes |
John Albert Pope was born in Newport Mon in November 1896 to Theophilus & Mary Pope (nee McCarthy) and he was one of nine children, his father
was a plaster and listed as living at Boundary Road Newport Mon in 1901.
By 1911 John was living at 33 Ifton Street Newport Mon with his parents and the rest of the family and working as a coal seller with his brother John never
married and he was only 20 when he was killed
John enlisted in the 1st battalion the Monmouthshire Regiment in Newport Mon which was part of the Territorial Force and was posted to France where they
were transferred as a pioneer battalion to 46th (Northern Division). The 46th Division was mainly a Territorial Force Division and took part in various
engagements including the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line. John was killed in action in or around Lievin on the 17th June when the trenches were under
heavy shell and trench mortar fire during teh preparations for the attack on Lievin on 1st July 1917.
John is buried at the Commonwealth War Graves, Loos British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. He is also remembered on the Orb Works Memorial and the
Monmouthshire Regiment Memorial at St Woolos Cathedral, Newport.
John was entitled to the British & Victory Medals
His Mother Mary received £7-0s-1d back pay and £9-10s war gratuity from the War Office.
Steel Remembered would like to thank Peter
Smith for his research on
John Pope.
Remembering the Fallen
