BORN HULL 1887. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM COUPLAND (1843-1910) & THE LATE ANN JACKMAN COUPLAND (1850-1901), PEARSONS BUILDINGS, BARROWHAVEN, BRIGG. A BRICKYARD LABOURER, HE LIVED AND WORKED IN HULL. THIS WAS HIS ARMY ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (4TH HULL PALS BATTALION), ON 21/04/1915. SERVED IN EGYPT AND IN FRANCE, FROM 08/03/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 28. HIS FATHER RECEIVED HIS ARMY EFFECTS. HE WAS ENGAGED TO FIANCEE ADA AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. HE LEFT BROTHERS, WILLIAM, AND SISTERS, ETHEL ELEANOR, ELSIE AND CATHERINE.
First name:
JOSEPH
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/1439
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France
Age:
28
