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Air Mechanic 1St Class JOSEPH COPPERWHEAT

Service Number: 24024
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

Recruits Depot

Date of Death

Died 31 January 1918

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIRKBY WHARFE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Jane Copperwheat; husband of Sarah Jane Gardiner (formerly Copperwheat), of Edderthorpe, Ardsley, Barnsley. Born at Kirkby Wharfe. His brother George John Copperwheat also died on service.
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Buried or commemorated at

KIRKBY WHARFE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 3
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