Service Details
Name:
 COPPARD
Given Name:
 WILLIAM JAMES
Initials:
 W J
Service No:
 4324
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 1st Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1917-04-12
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Date of Birth:
 1890-05-20
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 1st SAI lost 2 officers and 203 men.
Additional
Information:
Son of William James and Margaret Coppard, of 13, MacPherson St., Uitenhage, South Africa. Born Uitenhage. A fitter for South African Railways. His brother also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 LEVEL CROSSING CEMETERY, FAMPOUX
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Grave Reference:
 I. B. 76.

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