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Able Seaman WILLIAM COPLAND

Service Number: C/JX239747
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. "Cleopatra"

Date of Death

Died 11 February 1942

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY

Prot. Sec. (Men's). Plot F. Coll. grave 81.

Malta

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie Copland, of Bradford, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription GOD GAVE HIS SON TO SAVE THE WORLD; WE GAVE OUR SON

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Buried or commemorated at

MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY
Malta
Number of casualties: 2656
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