Edinburgh Gazette index entry detail

Publication details:

Publication date: 05 Sep 1919.

Issue: 13495.

Page: 2929.

Parish:

Hurst Green.

Person details:

Name: A. V. Coppard.

Marital Status: Not given.

Occupation: Royal Sussex Regiment.

Notes:

War Office, 3rd September, 1919. With reference to the announcement of the undermentioned awards which appeared in the London Gazette of the 1st January, 1919, the following are the acts of gallantry for which the awards were made : DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL. G/S/828 A. /Sjt. A. V. Coppard, 2nd Bn. , R. Suss. R. (Hurst Green, Sussex). He served with the battalion for over three years, and for the greater part of that, time was employed on the regimental scouts. At all times he did invaluable work. He carried out several patrols and brought back useful information, and his work and reports as an observer were of great assistance to his C. O. Both in and out of the line the work of this N. C. O. was examplary, and he set a fine example of gallantry and devotion to duty.

Batch:

GAZ_Edinburgh-Gazette-01.

Transcribed by:

Michael Metcalfe.

The advertisements below are served by Google; the very small revenue generated when people click on them sometimes covers the cost of hosting the Sussex OPC website.