William Edward Copp
Place of birth: Exeter, Devon, England
Previous occupation: Fitter
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: ERA 2nd Class
Service Number: M13072
Joined Hood: 15th May 1923 (ERA 2nd Class)
Left Hood: 4th November 1925 (ERA 2nd Class)
Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.
History of ships served in and ratings held:
Date From | Date to | Ship | Rating | Source |
26th April 1915 | 3rd June 1915 | Vivid II | Acting Engine Room Artifier 4th Class | ADM188/1044 |
4th June 1915 | 5th November 1915 | St. George (Panther) | Acting Engine Room Artifier 4th Class | ADM188/1044 |
6th November 1915 | 25th June 1916 | Wallington | Acting Engine Room Artifier 4th Class | ADM188/1044 |
26th June 1916 | 3rd July 1916 | Wallington | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | ADM188/1044 |
4th July 1916 | 15th February 1917 | Vivid II | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | ADM188/1044 |
16th February 1917 | 31st March 1918 | Leander (Arab) | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | ADM188/1044 |
1st April 1918 | 14th April 1918 | Lyne (Arab) | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | ADM188/1044 |
15th April 1918 | 25th April 1918 | Wallington (Arab) | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | ADM188/1044 |
26th April 1918 | 13th May 1919 | Wallington (Arab) | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | ADM188/1044 |
14th May 1919 | 13th October 1919 | Vivid II | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | ADM188/1044 |
14th October 1919 | 25th December 1921 | Cairo | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | ADM188/1044 |
26th December 1921 | 25th April 1922 | Vivid II | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | ADM188/1044 |
26th April 1922 | 14th May 1923 | Vivid II | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | ADM188/1044 |
15th May 1923 | 4th November 1925 | Hood | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | ADM188/1044 |
5th November 1925 | 14th January 1926 | Vivid II | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | ADM188/1044 |
15th January 1926 | 25th April 1927 | Emerald | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | ADM188/1044 |
26th April 1927 | 30th August 1928 | Emerald | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ADM188/1044 |
31st August 1928 | 29th November 1928 | Vivid II | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ADM188/1044 |
30th November 1928 | 13th February 1929 | Vivid II (Dauntless) | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ADM188/1044 |
14th February 1929 | 23rd April 1929 | Vivid II-IV | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ADM363/224 |
24th April 1929 | 30th December 1929 | Comus | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ADM363/224 |
31st December 1929 | 5th March 1930 | Vivid II-IV | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ADM363/224 |
6th March 1930 | 5th May 1930 | Vindictive | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ADM363/224 |
6th May 1930 | 19th August 1930 | Bee (Cockchafer) | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ADM363/224 |
20th August 1930 | 11th October 1932 | Berwick | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ADM363/224 |
12th October 1932 | 10th January 1933 | Vivid II | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ADM363/224 |
11th January 1933 | 31st December 1933 | Vivid II (Walker) | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ADM363/224 |
1st January 1934 | 2nd September 1934 | Drake II (Walker) | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ADM363/224 |
3rd September 1934 | 29th April 1935 | Drake II (Escapade) | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ADM363/224 |
30th April 1935 | 11th June 1936 | Drake II | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ADM363/224 |
28th May 1936 | 6th October 1936 | Drake II | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ADM363/224 |
12th June 1936 | 27th May 1936 | Glorious | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ADM363/224 |
7th October 1936 | Invalided PUNS | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ADM363/224 |
Additional Photographs
None at this time.
Memorials
No known memorials
No known memorials
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
The Empire Cruise by VC Scott O'Connor
Service Record: ADM/363/224(Ancestry)