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Military service
Service number:
P/1710
Age:
23
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Dragoons, R.C.A.C.
Death:
April 9, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Naval and Mil. Plot. Sec. 1. Grave 439.
Additional information
Son of John and Fanny Copeland, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Trooper William Copeland
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Gravemarker
Photo courtesy of Thomas L. Skelding -
Group Photo
HQ Sqn England 1942 William is the tallest of the two on the right. Photo courtesy of Thomas Skelding -
Group Photo
William with sister May Toronto, 1943 Photo courtesy of Thomas Skelding -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Trooper William Copeland
Digital gallery of
Trooper William Copeland
Digital gallery of
Trooper William Copeland
Digital gallery of
Trooper William Copeland
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 279 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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TORONTO (PROSPECT) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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