Private Austen Frederick Copeland, 59951
- Batt - 1/5
- Unit - Northumberland Fusiliers
- Section -
- Date of Birth - 1899
- Died - 11/02/1918
- Age - 19
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Frederick James Copeland, a framework knitter, born 1875 in Kirkby in Ashfield, Notts., and his wife Anna Copeland (nee Stendall), born 1873 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts. Austen Frederick was a schoolboy and was born in 1899 in Kirkby in Ashfield, Notts., his siblings were, Kathleen, a schoolgirl, born 1898 and Thomas S. a schoolboy, born 1902, the latter two siblings were both born in Kirkby in Ashfield, Notts., and Dorothy E., born 1910 in Mansfield, Notts., in April 1911 the family home was at 27, Harrington Street, Mansfield, Notts.
- Conflict - World War I
- Unit - Northumberland Fusiliers
- Former Unit n.o - 27580
- Former Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Tyne Cot Mem., Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Born - Kirkby In Ashfield, Notts
- Enlisted - Market Harborough, Leics
- Memorial - ST. WILFRID'S CHYRD. MEM., KIBWORTH BEAUCHAMP, LEICS
