Major Edward Cooper VC (4 May 1896 – 19 August 1985) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Cooper was 21 years old, and a Sergeant in the 12th Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps,[1] British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place on 16 August 1917 at Langemarck, during the Battle of Passchendaele for which he was awarded the VC.

About 100 yards distant he ordered his men to lie down and fire at the blockhouse.

Finding this did not silence the machine guns, he immediately rushed forward straight at them and fired his revolver into an opening in the blockhouse.

His medal is on display at Preston Park Museum & Grounds in Stockton.