Born Hull 1882. Private John Henry Coopland 2520. Unit: A Company, 1st/4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 03 May 1915 Wounded and Missing in action Western Front.
Husband of Ruth Hairsine Coopland (born 6/12/1881), of 5, Francis Place, Waverley Street, Hull and 8, Gloucester Place, Adelaide Street, Hull (War pension address). They had two sons, Charles Henry and Arthur Edward.
He is commemorated on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial to the missing and recorded on Hull’s Walker Street Memorial
Head portrait press cutting. A former Labourer. He was featured as part of a large patriotic family in the Hull Daily Mail, on 06/08/1915. His wife’s father and two brothers also served.
First name:
JOHN HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
2520
Rank:
Private
Date Died
04/02/1916
Place died:
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, BELGIUM
Age:
33
5, FRANCIS PLACE, WAVERLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
