Major Tobias Charles Cope
Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 26 November 1918, page 1
MISTAKE-An official report from Washington announced that Major T C Cope, Garrison av. Ft Thomas Ky. has died of disease on Oct 14, but his relatives believe some error has been made because on Oct 21 he wired his wife that he never felt better in his life.
Major Cope is a regular army man and when war was declare3d on Germany he had but four years to serve before retiring after 24 years service in the army. He served in France with the 371st Infantry.
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Major Tobe C. Cope - A native of Sparta, Tenn., Cope was
a career soldier stationed at Fort Thomas at the beginning of the war. He listed
his home address as 3 Garrison Ave., Fort Thomas.
A member of the 371st
Infantry, he received the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism at Tries Farm,
France, on Sept. 30, 1918. During that battle, he suffered
an arm wound but
continued to lead his men, refusing to be evacuated. He later died in France of
an infection from a wound.
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Kentucky Post, Saturday, 28 May 1921, page 1
VETERAN-Funeral services for Major T C Cope killed in France Oct 23, 1918, will be held from his home, 10 River rd. Ft Thomas, Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 pm. Full military honors will be paid to Major Cope. Taps will be sounded by soldiers of teh Ft Thomas Army post, who also will fire a salute over the grave. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.