Percy Copeland ( 20 JUL 1917 - 26 JUN 1942 )
Born:
20 JUL 1917 at Croydon, Surrey
Source: GRO + 1939 Register
Wife: Elsie Broomhall
Married:
1940 at Surrey Mid East
Source: GRO
Died:
26 JUN 1942 at North Africa
Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Notes
16/4/1898 Marriage of Parents
Copeland, John (Single, Age 43, Father: John Copeland) to
Woods, Edith (Single, Age: 43, Father: Edward Woods)
Marriage Place: Mhow, Bengal, India
FHL Film Number: 512368
Source: Ancestry - India, Select Marriages, 1792-1948
1914 Birth of Sister
Copeland, Kathleen
Mother's Maiden Name: Woods
GRO D1914 - Croydon 2a 718
Source: www.gro.gov.uk
1917 Birth
Copeland, Percy
Mother's Maiden Name: Woods
GRO S1917 - Croydon 2a 533
Source: www.gro.gov.uk
1921 Census
1939 Register
1940 Probable Marriage
Broomhall, Elsie to
Copeland, Percy
GRO D1940 - Surrey Mid Eastern 2a 669
11/11/1941
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Promotion to Flight Sergeant
11th Oct. 1941.
740491 Percy COPELAND (108956).
Source: London Gazette 11/11/1941 - page 6507
26/6/1942 Death
27/7/1943 Supplement to London Gazette - Award of Distinguished Flying Cross
Pilot Officer Percy COPELAND (108956), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 250 Squadron (deceased), awarded with effect from 2nd June, 1942.
Page 3384
18/4/1944 Administration
TO DO PRO AIR 50/177 9 November 1940
TO DO PRO AIR 50/176 27 September 1940
TO DO PRO AIR 50/176 3 July 1940; 27 September 1940
TO DO PRO AIR 50/63 9 November 1940; 11 May 1941
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