Born: 1896
Died:
Buried:
Address: 10 Moorside, Baildon
Parents: Joseph & Jane Elizabeth
Spouse:
Siblings: Annie, Mary
Occupation: Worsted Spinner (1911)
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Baildon Moravian Church
Children:
Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers
Walter Copley
Pte Walter Copley, son of Mr and Mrs J Copley of 10 Moorside, who
joined the Northumberland Fusiliers in April 1916, is wounded.
After training at Hornsea, he went with his battalion to France the
following August and experienced much hard fighting in the Somme and
Bullecourt battles.
He was also present in the Passchendaele offensive and was wounded in
the leg during the fighting on the Menin Road.
He is an inmate of a hospital in Edinburgh and is progressing favourably.
Shipley Times & Express 15-2-1918
Thanks to Tish and Mike Lawson for their help with this research
