Born: 1899, Shipley
Died: 18 September 1918, Rouen
Buried: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
Address: 3 Bridge Street, Shipley
Parents: William & Margaret Ann, nee Wells
Spouse:
Siblings: Mary
Occupation: Charlestown Combing Co
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Christchurch, Windhill; St Paul’s, Shipley
Children:
Regiment: East Yorks
William Henry Copley
William was born around 1899, the son of William and Margaret Ann. At
the time of the 1911 census they were living at 3 Bridge Street, Shipley
with Margaret’s widowed father, Henry Wells.
On 13 September 1918, the Shipley Times & Express reported:
Pte W H Copley, East Yorks Regt, of 3 Bridge Street, Shipley, is in
hospital at Rouen with wounds in the head.
Two weeks later they wrote:
Pte W H Copley, East Yorks Regt, aged 19, son of Mr and Mrs William
Copley of 3 Bridge Street, Shipley, died on 18th September, in an
overseas hospital, of a fractured skull received in action 22 days
previously.
He worked for the Charlestown Combing Co and enlisted in August 1917,
going to the front last April.
