Talk:Thomas Haller Cooper

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British Free Corps[edit]

The article states that Cooper 'was a member of the German Waffen-SS British Free Corps' and cites Stratford, Steven. "British Military & Criminal History 1900 to 1999: Case of Tomas[sic] Haller Cooper". Retrieved 2 April 2014. However, that website states that Count 5 'Joined served and assisted with the recruitment for a German unit known as the British Free Corps' was 'not proceeded with at his trial'. I therefore propose to delete the reference to the British Free Corps. Alekksandr (talk) 22:34, 26 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In law, the mere fact that a charge is not proceeded with is surely not dispositive of its truth. Plenty of sources [West, Weale, et al] identify Cooper as a BFC man. RodCrosby (talk) 10:31, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that [the fact that a charge of membership of the BFC was not proceeded with] does not constitute evidence either that he was in the BFC or that he was not. I have put a '[not in citation given]' beside the source. If West, Weale or any other source provides verification of his membership of the BFC, as opposed to his membership of the SS, (which they may well do), please provide a page reference to the relevant source. Thanks in advance. Alekksandr (talk) 17:40, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]