Corporal William Copeland

Army Number: 15579

Battalion: 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Born at Hednesford, Staffordshire and lived at Warsop, Nottinghamshire. Son of Edward and Agnes Copeland, of 14, Edward Street, Warsop. He enlisted at Warsop, went to France on 14th July 1915 and died of wounds on 14th December 1915.

Buried: Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Belgium. Special Memorial.

Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Belgium.
Corporal William Copeland grave

Corporal William Copeland is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church War Memorial, Warsop, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.