Private Harvey Coupe

Army Number: 12611
Battalion : 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Sheffield, Yorkshire and lived at Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. Son of Frank and Annie Coupe, of 78 Sherwood Street, Mansfield Woodhouse. He was a coal miner (pony driver) prior to enlisting at Mansfield. He went to France on 18th May 1915 and was accidentally killed on 12th July 1915, whilst in the line near Rue-de Quesnoy, France.

Buried : Sailly-Sur-La-Lys Canadian Cemetery, France. Plot 3. Row A. Grave 7.

Private Harvey Coupe is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Lawrence the Martyr Church War Memorial, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Yeoman Memorial Park War Memorial, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.


