Private William Cope

Army Number: 28489

Battalion : 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. and lived at Newstead, Nottinghamshire. Son of William and Eliza Cope, of Hucknall, Nottingham. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Hucknall. He was killed in action, 8th May 1916, aged 33, whilst serving in the trenches near Festubert, France.

Commemorated: Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’avoue, France. Plot III. Row F. Grave 4.

Private Cope is also commemorated on the following local memorials:–
St. Mary Magdalene Church War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Titchfield Park War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Newstead Village Green War Memorial, Newstead, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.