BORN HULL 03/09/1889. SON OF HENRY COPESTEAK (1866-1938) & ANNIE ELIZABETH FUSSEY (1861-1951), OF HULL AND 93 WILLINGHAM STREET, GRIMSBY (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HE MARRIED JESSIE BROWN (1888-1977), IN ALFORD, LINCOLN, ON 07/08/1911. HIS WIFE JESSIE AND TWO CHILDREN, LIVED AT 23 HENRY STREET, GRIMSBY. A HOUSE PAINTER.
HE ENLISTED AT GRIMSBY. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 27239 LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 51131, 6TH LIVERPOOL REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 30/11/1917, AGED 28. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, JESSIE. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, FRANCE.
HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, PRIVATE, HENRY COPESTEAK, MM, 1806, 2ND LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT, DIED ON 12/10/1918, AGED 26. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO THEIR MOTHER, ANNIE, E COPESTEAK. THEY LEFT THREE YOUNGER SISTERS, SUSANNAH, ETHEL MAY AND MABLE.
