In Memory Of
COPE, JOHN HENRY
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1917-05-26
Service No:
38264
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
formerly 2 Pretoria Regiment
Date of Death:
1942-07-06
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, during the rearguard action at the El Alamein bottle neck, while covering the retreat of the 8th Army from Bir Hacheim. He was initially posted as Missing, believed killed. His body was not recovered
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 118.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Mr. J. E. Cope, of Oxford Street, East London, Cape Province. Born at Thomas River. A bank clerk in the Vereeniging area.
