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DelBoy
Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 4858 Location: The County of Angus
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 6:20 pm Post subject: L/Cpl David Copeland Hampshire Regiment *Identified on CWGC* |
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I can find him on SNWM but not on CWGC. I have tried name variations with no success.
SNWM
Surname: COPELAND
Firstname: David
Service Number: 3/4735
Date Death: 01/07/1916
Place of birth: Peterhead Aberdeen
Other: 2nd Bn.
SNWM roll: SCOTTISH CASUALTIES EXTRACTED FROM ENGLISH REGIMENTS
Rank: L/Cpl
Theatre of death: F.& F.
War Return excerpt (second entry).
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kinnethmont
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 1649 Location: Aberdeenshire
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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Derek
He is there, enlisted at Portsmouth. David Copeland on MIC. Looks like he might be Lawrence Copland, born Peterhead in 1874.
Original IWGC register shows 4735 L.D. Copland
Name: COPLAND
Initials: L D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Hampshire Regiment
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Date of Death: 01/07/1916
Service No: 4735
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 4.
Cemetery: AUCHONVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY _________________ Jim
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
www.kinnethmont.co.uk
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DelBoy
Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 4858 Location: The County of Angus
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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Nice one Jim. Sometimes it just takes a fresh pair of eyes |
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DerekR Moderator
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 3013 Location: Hawick, Scotland
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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Well spotted Jim _________________
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