BORN HULL 1887. SON OF WILLIAM OWEN COPLEY (1851-1904) MRS BETSY INSHAW DIXON (1852-1933), OF THIS ADDRESS. BROTHERS, WILLIAM (IN CANADA), ARTHUR, JOSEPH AND SISTER, ALICE COPLEY. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A TIMEKEEPER AT A OIL WORKS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 17TH KING’S LIVERPOOL REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/07/1917, AGED 30. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL
NB: JOHN FRANCIS COPLEY, RGA, LIVING AT 82 ALBANY STREET, HULL
First name:
PERCY
Military Number:
50118
Rank:
Private
Date Died
31/07/1917
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
30
1 GRAFTON TERRACE, STONEFERRY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
