The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private N Coppin

Private Norman COPPIN, L/10393, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed as on or after 3rd July 1916.

Born Swingfield, Kent, son of Charles Ernest Coppin, Denton Road, Wandsworth, London & Lucy Coppin, 52 North Street, Brighton, Sussex..

1911 Census - 34 Bond Street, Brighton, Sussex - William Houzego, head, age 32, married, fruiterer & greengrocer, own account, born Brighton, Sussex; Caroline May Houzego, wife, age 24, married one year, no children, fruiterer & greengrocer, own account, born Milton Regis, Kent; Norman Coppin, assistant, age 14, fruiterer & greengrocer, worker, born Swingfield, Kent.

Enlisted Brighton, Sussex, age 18 years & 4 days, height 5ft 7½ inches, weight 121lbs, fresh complexion, hazel eyes, dark brown hair, scar right biceps. Formerly outdoor porter.

Home, 2nd July 1914 to 6th December 10914; BEF, 7th December 1914 to 10th June 1915; Home, 11th June 1915 to 25th April 1916; BEF, 26th April 1916 to 3rd July 1916.

2nd July 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th December 1914, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th June 1915, shell wound, face; 10th June 1915, to England; 15th October 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th April 1916, embarked to serve with 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th May 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 3rd July 1916, reported missing.

21st June 1917, Mrs Lucy Coppin, 23 Dover Road, Preston Park, Brighton, Sussex.

15th July 1920, Statement of Relatives - Father, Charles Ernest Coppin, age 51, 24 Union? Road, Northam, Southampton; Mother, Lucy Coppin, age 54, 24 Union? Road, Northam, Southampton; Brother - Raymond Percival Coppin, age 12, 24 Union? Road, Northam, Southampton; Sisters - Mrs C Scutt, age 29, Knowles Cottage, Hassocks?, Sussex?; Annie Coppin, age 24, Hawkhurst.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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