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Gunner WILLIAM FRANCIS COPELAND

Service Number: 14322315
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

93 (6th Bn. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 01 October 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CESENA WAR CEMETERY

VII A, 3.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Emily A. Copeland, of Old Swan, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

CESENA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 775
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