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Private WILLIAM ALVIN COPLEY

Service Number: 30385
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 October 1916

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

VIII. H. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alvin and Mary Ellen Copley, of 6, Hare St., Gibbet St. Halifax.
  • Personal Inscription HE SACRIFICED ALL AT DUTY'S CALL DEARLY LOVED
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Buried or commemorated at

BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2480
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