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Four: Private H. F. Copp, Devonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2115 Pte....
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Four: Private H. F. Copp, Devonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2115 Pte. H. F. Copp. Devon. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2115 Pte. H. F. Copp. Devon. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (200505 Pte. H. F. Copp. Devon R.) edge bruising and contact marks, lightly polished, good fine and better (4) £200-£240 --- Harold Frederick Copp was born in Tiverton, Devon, in 1894. A postman by occupation, he enlisted into the 4th (Territorial) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in February 1914. Embodied on 5 August 1914 he embarked with the 1/4th Battalion on the TS Nevasa at Southampton and disembarked at Karachi on 10 November 1914. Embarking with the Battalion for the India Expeditionary Force ‘D’ Mesopotamia on 23 February 1916, he was employed in defence of the Tigris Line, during which the battalion took part in the successful attack on the Hai Salient on 3 February 1917. Embarking for Bombay on 17 April 1919, Copp was despatched for Bangalore for the North West Frontier, and was attached to the Army Corps Signal Company for service in Afghanistan. Embarking for home he was demobilised on 28 January 1920. Returning to his duties as a postman in Tiverton he was subsequently convicted of postal thefts and was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment and dismissed the service in March 1926. He died in Tiverton on 24 June 1971, aged 77. Sold with copied research.
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Four: Private H. F. Copp, Devonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2115 Pte. H. F. Copp. Devon. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2115 Pte. H. F. Copp. Devon. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (200505 Pte. H. F. Copp. Devon R.) edge bruising and contact marks, lightly polished, good fine and better (4) £200-£240 --- Harold Frederick Copp was born in Tiverton, Devon, in 1894. A postman by occupation, he enlisted into the 4th (Territorial) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in February 1914. Embodied on 5 August 1914 he embarked with the 1/4th Battalion on the TS Nevasa at Southampton and disembarked at Karachi on 10 November 1914. Embarking with the Battalion for the India Expeditionary Force ‘D’ Mesopotamia on 23 February 1916, he was employed in defence of the Tigris Line, during which the battalion took part in the successful attack on the Hai Salient on 3 February 1917. Embarking for Bombay on 17 April 1919, Copp was despatched for Bangalore for the North West Frontier, and was attached to the Army Corps Signal Company for service in Afghanistan. Embarking for home he was demobilised on 28 January 1920. Returning to his duties as a postman in Tiverton he was subsequently convicted of postal thefts and was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment and dismissed the service in March 1926. He died in Tiverton on 24 June 1971, aged 77. Sold with copied research.
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