1896 Oct/Dec Born Dorchester, Dorset. Soldiers effects give father as Alfred
1911 census at Rampisham, Dorset
1919 Dec 18. A soldier disappears leaving a suicide note on Waterside Quay, Derry. . CWGC Private COPP, ALFRED JOHN Service Number 9632 Died 19/01/1920 Aged 22 1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
1920 Jan 20 Body recovered, death in Irish GRO Jan/Mar 19120 at Londonderry. John Roche obtained information that reveals the identity of the soldier who went missing in Derry on 18th December 1919 as Pte John A.Copp of the Dorset Regiment and a native of Exeter. His body was recovered on the 19th January 1920. Press reports say a native of Exeter.
