GMW H.M.S. COPRA (Combined Operations Command)

[28th61st]

HMS COPRA- Combined Operations Pay Records & Accounts

HMS COPRA was not a ship! It was a shore establishment that processed pay and allowances for Navy personnel attached to the Combined Operations Command during WW2.

www.combinedops.com

 

[Bombardier]

HMS Copra, was never anything other than a shore base. I have the names of many recorded lost from HMS Copra because, sadly, the names of the craft they were serving with at the time of their deaths, was not recorded. The use of HMS Copra on grave stones, in pay books and other service records confirms that the men concerned were in the Royal Navy and assigned to Combined Operations..... and that they served on and/or were lost from an unknown landing craft. I have the names of all the craft and ships assigned on D-Day and nowhere is HMS Copra recorded as a vessel.

Interesting stuff i had never heard of HMS Copra before today

 

[Bombardier]

Some sailors graves who served on HMS Copra

 

[28th61st]

Found a photo and some info this about HMS Copra.
http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/HMSCopra

It's times like this when doing military research that these unknown shore bases and military establishments come to light.