The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal R Copland

Corporal Robert COPLAND, G/21009, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 28th June 1918.

Born Holborn, London, EC.

Enlisted Chelsea, SW, age 21 years & 135 days, height 5ft 8¼ inches, weight 126lbs, small scar above left eyebrow, pale complexion, brown eyes, brown hair. Resided 23 Langton Street, Chelsea, SW. Formerly gas fitter.

Home 9th December 1915 to 23rd May 1916; BEF 24th May 1916 to 13th August 1917; Home 14th August 1917 to 14th January 1918; BEF 15th January 1918 to 28th June 1918.

Allotment of pay of 2/4 a week paid to father, M A Copland, 39 Argyle Street, Kings Cross.

9th December 1915, enlisted; 10th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 14th February 1916, mobilized; 15th February 1916, posted 27th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, Service No. 2306; 23rd May 1915, posted 32nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 24th May 1916, embarked; 25th May 1916, Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 16th June 1916, attached Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th September 1916, transferred to 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 20th September 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 8th October 1916, appointed paid lance Corporal; 20th December 1916, promoted Corporal; 24th March 1917, wounded in action; 21st June 1917, rejoined Battalion; 13th August 1917, 5 General Hospital, Rouen; 14th August 917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th August 1917 to 5thn September 1917, Southern General Hospital, Portsmouth, myalgia; 5th September 1917 to 14th September 1917, Havant, myalgia; 15th September 1917 to 24th September 1917, furlough; 24th September 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th January 1918, posted BEF; 6th February 1918, embarked / disembarked Italy; 26th February 1918, Infantry Base Depot; 8th March 1918, joined Battalion, "D" Company;1st November 1918, returned to France with Battalion

10th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Alfred Brett?, 39 Argyle Street, Kings Cross; Mother, dead; Half Brother, Mrs Symons????, 286 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park.

Commemorated at Ploegsteert Memorial, Panel 8, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.

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