94283 L/Cpl Arthur Cupis, Royal Engineers

94283 L/Cpl Arthur Cupis of the 175th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers was killed in action on the 16th November 1915.

Arthur was 46 years old when he died and may have had prior military service with the Royal Engineers. He arrived overseas in France on 27th April 1915. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission tells us that he was the husband of Emily Cupis of 11 Manor Park Road, East Finchley, London, whilst Soldiers Died in The Great War notes that he was born in Holloway.

Arthur is commemorated on a special memorial situated in Maple Copse Cemetery near Ypres. The memorial commemorates 230 casualties whose graves were destroyed.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War