Thomas Arthur Beresford Copestake MC

[Gareth Davies]

Commissioned into the gunners in 1916, captured Mar 18, transfered to the Tank Corps in 1920.  Is his MC from the Great War?

https://pop.tankmuseum.org/museum-online/medals/recipient/B446

[IPT]

There's an entry in LG of 30/1/1920 - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31759/supplement/

[IPT]

He appears to have been captured 21/3/1918 - https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Details/252182/3/2/

 

[Gareth Davies]

14 minutes ago, IPT said:

There's an entry in LG of 30/1/1920 - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31759/supplement/

 

Many thanks. I will close the thread.

8 minutes ago, IPT said:

He appears to have been captured 21/3/1918 - https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Details/252182/3/2/

 

 

Yes, I mentioned that.

[sadbrewer]

From The British Newspaper Archive 

 

 

 

He was being reported in the press of January 1941 as being wounded in East Africa.

Edited 3 October , 2020 by sadbrewer

[Gareth Davies]

Thank you.