| Service # | 27211 |
Regimental number: 27211, Gordon Highlanders (Imperial Army). The 2nd son of Mrs. Mary Copeland of Stanley Avenue, Chatham, brother of Charles 880603. Stanley enlisted in Scotland with the Gordon Highlanders at the “beginning of the war” at the age of 19 years. CDP 3/05/1918. It is also reported that the widow Copland has two sons one enlisted with the 186th (Charles), at the time one was in England and the other in France.
COPLAND Initials: P Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment: Hampshire Regiment Unit Text: 15th Bn. KIA. Date of Death: 07/06/1917 Service No: 27211 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: XIII. F. 5. Cemetery: VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE No.3 Reported to have been living in Chatham, ON. prior to the outbreak of war. Perhaps a British reservist recalled in 1914. CDP 3/05/18.
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