Military service
Service number:
F/40970
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
North Nova Scotia Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
April 13, 1914
Hantsport, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
August 2, 1940
Aldershot, Nova Scotia
Death:
June 9, 1944
Normandy, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. D. 16.
Additional information
Son of Joe and Sally Cope. Stepson of Mrs. J. Julian, of Truro, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Private Leo Cope
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Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Leo Cope
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Private Leo Cope
Digital gallery of
Private Leo Cope
Digital gallery of
Private Leo Cope
Digital gallery of
Private Leo Cope
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 279 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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