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Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Echuca Victoria [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Mitchell Queensland [2]

Plympton South Australia [2]

Ambleside, Westmorland [1]

Ashton (Manchester ?) [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Batley, Yorkshire [1]

Bay Road South Australia [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire [1]

Black Rock South Australia [1]

Brighton Victoria [1]

Bromley, London [1]

Cabramatta New South Wales [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Cheltanham Victoria [1]

Cork [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Durham [1]

Footscray Victoria [1]

Fulford, York, Yorkshire [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Gorton, Lancashire [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Hammersmith, Middlesex [1]

Hull [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Lincoln [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Liversedge, Yorkshire [1]

Milfield, Yorkshire, England [1]

Morley, West Yorkshire [1]

Newton, Wakefield [1]

Old Ford, London [1]

Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Shepley, Yorkshire [1]

Stowell Victoria [1]

Stratford, Essex [1]

Streatham, Surrey [1]

Wakefield England [1]

West Ham, Stratford, Essex [1]

West Newington, London [1]

Rank

Private [243]

Gunner [22]

Driver [18]

Corporal [17]

Sapper [14]

Serjeant [12]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Lance Corporal [8]

Acting Corporal [6]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Pioneer [4]

Captain [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Mechanist Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant Acting Major [1]

Observer Lieutenant [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Saddler Sergeant [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant/Major [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33]

Labour Corps [32]

Royal Engineers [27]

York and Lancaster Regiment [26]

West Yorkshire Regiment [23]

Army Service Corps [21]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [17]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

West Riding Regiment [10]

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

London Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

6th York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Kent Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Service

British Army [358]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

Royal Navy [27]

Australian Imperial Force [17]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

C [448]

B [4]

Contribution

Military Service [449]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Echuca Victoria [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] London, Middlesex [2] Mitchell Queensland [2] Plympton South Australia [2] Ambleside, Westmorland [1] Ashton (Manchester ?) [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Batley, Yorkshire [1] Bay Road South Australia [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire [1] Black Rock South Australia [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Bromley, London [1] Cabramatta New South Wales [1] Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Cheltanham Victoria [1] Cork [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Durham [1] Footscray Victoria [1] Fulford, York, Yorkshire [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Gorton, Lancashire [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hammersmith, Middlesex [1] Hull [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Lincoln [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Liversedge, Yorkshire [1] Milfield, Yorkshire, England [1] Morley, West Yorkshire [1] Newton, Wakefield [1] Old Ford, London [1] Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Shepley, Yorkshire [1] Stowell Victoria [1] Stratford, Essex [1] Streatham, Surrey [1] Wakefield England [1] West Ham, Stratford, Essex [1] West Newington, London [1]

Rank

Private [243] Gunner [22] Driver [18] Corporal [17] Sapper [14] Serjeant [12] Second Lieutenant [10] Lance Corporal [8] Acting Corporal [6] Acting Serjeant [4] Pioneer [4] Captain [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Mechanist Serjeant Major [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Major [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1] Lieutenant Acting Major [1] Observer Lieutenant [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Saddler Sergeant [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant/Major [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33] Labour Corps [32] Royal Engineers [27] York and Lancaster Regiment [26] West Yorkshire Regiment [23] Army Service Corps [21] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [17] Machine Gun Corps [17] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] Yorkshire Light Infantry [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Middlesex Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] West Riding Regiment [10] Leicestershire Regiment [9] London Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Durham Light Infantry [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Military Foot Police [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] South Wales Borderers [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] 6th York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Kent Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Scots [2]

Service

British Army [358] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] Royal Navy [27] Australian Imperial Force [17] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

C [448] B [4]

Contribution

Military Service [449] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

William Copley

Died 1916

British Army 1451 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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John Victor Copley

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 14044 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 143864 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 143864 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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John Taylor Copley

Died 1915

British Army 1798 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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John Copley

Died 1916

British Army 8312 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Charles E Copley

Died 1918

British Army 3096 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Bertram Copley

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 235201 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Cyril Copley

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army M/271473 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army M/271473 Private Army Service Corps

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William Henry Copley

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41976 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Robert Copley

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 48492 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Reginald K Copley

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 18466 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 18466 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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George Henry Bugen Leslie Copley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179334

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Thomas Arthur Peers Copley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 182734

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Percy Copley

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 50118 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 50118 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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James Copley

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 22679 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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William Alvin Copley

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 30385 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Harold Edward Copley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264721

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Fred Copley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266714

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Fred Copley

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 5218 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 202319 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 202319 Lance Corporal King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Arthur William Copley

Died 1916

British Army 14043 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Albert Copley

Died 1917

British Army 33616 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 33616 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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