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Private JOHN HENRY COPLESTON

Service Number: 4079715
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 July 1943

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

III. D. 10.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick Augustus Copleston and Sarah Jane Copleston, of Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON "JACK" HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FELLOWS

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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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