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Private WILLIAM RICHARD COPLEY

Service Number: 2363
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

1st/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 April 1915

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KEMMEL CHATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY

E. 58.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Only son of William Richard and Hannah Copley, of Westborough, Lincs. Enlisted Sept., 1914.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED A GALLANT SOLDIER LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

KEMMEL CHATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1157
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