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Military service
Service number:
18420
Age:
27
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Death:
November 4, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 12. Lot 126.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Edwin Copp, of Orillia; nephew of Dutton Copp, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Edwin Copp
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Memorial
Flying Officer William Edwin Copp is buried next to his family's memorial at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. View of both graves. -
Inscription
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Grave Marker
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer William Edwin Copp is also commemorated on the WWII Memorial in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer William Edwin Copp is also commemorated on the WWII Memorial in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Edwin Copp
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Edwin Copp
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Edwin Copp
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Edwin Copp
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Edwin Copp
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Edwin Copp
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Edwin Copp
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Edwin Copp
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Edwin Copp
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 66 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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TORONTO (MOUNT PLEASANT) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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