Serjeant 5108 John William Copeland
Regiment/Unit: Royal Munster Fusiliers - 1st Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 27
Date of death: 22nd of March 1918
Born: West Houghton, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ste Emile Valley Cemetery Villers-Faucon - I. H. 5.
BMD details:
Mariage: 2nd Qtr 1912 John William Copeland to Maud Rawlinson at Prescot, Lancashire. Vol 8b - Page 1299.
Family details:
Husband of Maud Maloney (formerly Copeland), of 18, Midwood St., Simm's Cross, Widnes, Lancs. Widow Maud is legatee.
Census details:
1901 - Shows 9 years old John William living at 12 Peel Street, St Helens with his parents John (45), Mary E (36) and three siblings: Samuel (6), Martha E (3), Annie (2). 1911 - Sees 19 year old 'Daywageman - Below Ground' John William boarding at 14 Critchley Street, Parr, St Helens with the Lee family. AVL 1918: 35 Hammond Street, Parr, St Helens.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/5108JohnWmCopeland.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/CopelandJW_RoyalMunsterFus.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Serjeant John William Copeland at Ste. Emile Valley Cemetery, Villers-Faucon
(Photograph Courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
