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Lieutenant ERIC NEVILLE VAN DER BEN COPELAND

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

63rd Machine Gun Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 26 March 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MESNIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. A. 14.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Only son of Henry van der Ben Copeland and Emma Hannah Maude Copeland, of 1, Grand Drive, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription THE BELOVED ONLY SON OF HENRY V.D.B. AND MAUDE COPELAND
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Buried or commemorated at

MESNIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 333
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