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Private WILLIAM COPLAND

Service Number: 2822601
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 May 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

Plot 8. Row B. Grave 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Jessie Copland, of Duthil, Inverness-shire.
  • Personal Inscription A BELOVED ONLY SON AND BROTHER. HE LIVES WITH US IN MEMORY AND WILL FOR EVERMORE
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Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3548
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