Albert Copus
Albert Copus was a PTI in the Seaforth Highlanders. Service number 3133642. Served in the Independent Companies 1940 and later rejoined his unit and was stationed in barracks at Ayr. In 1942 he embarked for East Africa and was attached to the East African Force, Somali Bn. His final rank was Colour Sergeant. Photo and information courtesy of his brother Ron Copus.
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Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sun 17 Jan 2016 15:29:11 EST
Hi Pete . hope this gets to you cant find a proper link to answer your questions .
i was a eight years old when the war started & albert was 15 years older than me.Albert died about 15 years . most of this information has come from my brother...
Hi Pete . hope this gets to you cant find a proper link to answer your questions .
i was a eight years old when the war started & albert was 15 years older than me.Albert died about 15 years . most of this information has come from my brother George who is ninty & knew him quite well being in the HLI himself.
I remember him coming home from one of these early raids though & my father who served in the first world war takin him into the bathroom & cleaning him up. i was hiding on the stairs so i saw quite a bit of what was going on.
We lived in custom house right next to the docks so he must have been dropped of.
I remember him giving me a silver table bell that he had brought back as a souvenir .
I think he was on boulonge or Guernsey raids . he was never one to talk about it a lot.
Hope this helps ..i will add as i get more info.
Regards Ron
Posted by ron copus on Sat 16 Jan 2016 14:56:57 EST
My eldest brother albert copus ,,seaforths, joined the army in 1939, volonteerd for the early commandos.
Posted by ron copus on Tue 12 Jan 2016 12:49:32 EST