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Serjeant JOHN ALEXANDER COPELAND

Service Number: 3648639
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

Date of Death

Died 16 December 1943

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY

2. E. 41.

Kenya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Alexander and Margaret Copeland, of Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF OUR BROTHER JACK. 'TWAS HARD LUCK, OLD SON BUT GOD'S WILL BE DONE

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Buried or commemorated at

NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY
Kenya
Number of casualties: 2032
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