Pte. E. Cope of Penallt

[Lydart]

We had our yearly service round the village war memorial today, in Penallt, near Monmouth.  Since last year we have managed to find out the Christian names of all those on the commemorative plaque in the church, so that we could read them out at the service ... except for Private E. Cope, who died WW1., and we presume lived in the village as he is named on the plaque. 

It would be so good to locate his Christian name ready for next years remembrance service !

What I have done so far is to check the 1901 and 1891 censuses to see if I can find a Cope family living in or near to Penallt ... nothing.  I then checked the CWGC lists, and found several Cope's, none of whom fit as far as I can tell ... except for possibly about three of the E. Cope's listed who have no family details, so its difficult to know if one of these is 'our' man.   

Can anyone suggest a next step please ?  We have 364 days left in which to locate him !

Thanks ... Lydart

[manmack]

hiya lyd,have you tried the american armed forces,some of our american pals on the great war forum can check for you,there were quite a few brits who enlisted in the US forces while living in the states,mack

[Lydart]

Thanks for the quick reply Mack ... how do I get in touch with them ?  Web-site ?  Email to ..... ?  Snail mail somewhere ??

I forgot to say that two of us in the village are also writing Volume 2 of our local history ... and it would be good to be able to include some info on all our war dead. 

In anticipation ...

Lydart

[manmack]

Thanks for the quick reply Mack ... how do I get in touch with them ?  Web-site ?  Email to ..... ?  Snail mail somewhere ??

I forgot to say that two of us in the village are also writing Volume 2 of our local history ... and it would be good to be able to include some info on all our war dead. 

In anticipation ...

Lydart

if i can help with the war dead,let me know what you need,always glad to help if i can,mack

[Lydart]

Thanks for your offer ... how can I get in contact with

our american pals on the great war forum

Or do you have time to find anything out for us ??

Keep in touch !    Lydart

[Lydart]

Mack ... Wendi has told me how to join the war forum, so I have !  Thanks for your idea ... I'll see if I find out anything via that route. 

Lydart

[manmack]

sorry lyd,i missed your reply,i have checked all the E.COPES on the CWGC and i cant find any that are connected to your village,some of the stumbling blocks that we come across during research are soldiers who were discharged through wound/sickness,most of these dont appear on the CWGC,you may be looking at a soldier who died after discharge,many appear on memorials,also,theres the possibility that hes not called E.COPE,a lot of men used their middle names or went by another christian name,mack

[manmack]

bit of info on 2/Lt davis,he was formerly in the 1/4th gloucester regt from sept 1914 till jan 1917,he was given a commission 26th april 1917 and transferred to the 1/5th batt,aged 25,son of henry+fanny davies,bridge cottage,redbrook.
pte e,j morgan is buried in his families grave in your churchyard also buried in the churchyard are ptes a,h england and c j vaughan,mack

[Wendi]

Hi Lydart

Was the unveiling of the plaque recorded in the Parish Magazine...... just thought there maybe a titbit of info there

Wendi