Service Details
Name:
 COPELAND
Given Name:
 RUPERT RAMSAY
Initials:
 R R
Rank:
 Lieutenant Colonel
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 Royal Field Artillery
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Unit:
 39th Bty.
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Date of Death:
 1920-07-07
Other Casualties on this Date
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in a night attack by Arabs
Decorations:
 D S O, M C, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 DSO LG Sup 3 June 1918 pg 6458 "King's Birthday"; MC LG Sup 26 July 1918 pg 8789 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He crawled forward to a position of great danger to register machine guns which were causing serious loss to our infantry, and succeeded in silencing them, inflicting severe casualties on the enemy. His courage and determination were worthy of the highest praise." MID LG Sup 1 January 1916 pg. 16
Additional
Information:
Son of Maj. and Mrs. H. P. Ramsay Copeland, V.D., of Sydney, New South Wales. Born at Sydney. Educated at Wellington College, Berks., and R.M.A., Woolwich. Gazetted July, 1913, proceeded to France Aug., 1914, and served through-out the Great War. On War Memorial of King Edward VII School, Johannesburg. Entitled to General Service Medal bar Iraq
Commemoration
Country:
 Iraq
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Cemetery:
 BASRA MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 3 and 60.

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