Frederick Vyvyan Coupland-Smith
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Frederick Vyvyan Coupland-Smith was born on 12th March 1896 he was baptised on 5th April 1896 at Aldrington parish church, Sussex, he was the only son of Frederick Geoffrey Coupland-Smith a gentleman and Ida Mary Coupland née Russell of 'The Glades' Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire.
His father Frederick Geoffrey was born in 1871 at Peckham, London, his mother Ida Mary Russell was born in 1870 in Kent they were maried in 1895 at Tonbridge Kent.
Frederic was educated at Ayshford School in Uffculme and Blundell's School in Tiverton, Devon. He attended Blundell's from September 1909 to summer 1913. He showed a desire to enter the Church and intended to take Holy Orders, but left suddenly to accompany his parents to the Holy Land and Egypt in the summer of 1913.
In the 1911 census he was living at Highcross, Samford Peverall, Tiverton, Devon he is living with his father Frederick Geoffrey Coupland Smith 39 yrs living on his own means, he is shown as Frederick Vivian 15 yrs a scholar.
His probate was proven on 27th August 1918 at Gloucester he is shown as Frederick Vyvyan Coupland Smith of the Slades, Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire a lieutenant in the Royal Filed Artillery died 2nd July 1917 in France or Belgium killed in action his effects of £155. 11 shillings and 10 pence were left to his father Frederick Geoffrey Coupland- Smith a gentleman.
Lieutenant Frederick Vyvyan Coupland Smith when war was declared he joined up, serving in the ranks for a month and then receiving a commission in the Royal Field Artillery. He was sent to the Dardanelles, Egypt, Serbia, and other fronts. He was killed on the 2nd July 1917 and is buried at Lone Tree Military Cemetery. Grave Reference: I. D. 1. Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen
additional research and information Peter Gillings
Frederick Vyvyan Coupland-Smith
Photo shows family grave commemorating Frederick Vyvyan Coupland-Smith in Retford Cemetey.
Courtesy of Rachel Farrand
Frederick Vyvyan Coupland-Smith
photo showing Lone Tree cemetery in Belgium where Lt Frederick Vyvyan Coupland Smith is buried.
Courtesy of the CWGC
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COUPLAND SMITH Frederick Vyvyan grave at Lone Tree Cemetery. courtesy of Bruno Lefbvre and find a grave website.