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Private ERNEST JAMES COPPARD

Service Number: SD/2268
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 June 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE

III. O. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and Sarah Coppard, of Brighton; husband of Alice Emily Coppard, of 26, Seville St., Elm Grove, Brighton.
  • Personal Inscription SAFE FROM THE FUME AND FRET YOU, WHOM I NEVER FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 891
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