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First Name: | Evelyn Walter Copland | Last Name: | PERRY |
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| Date of Death: | 16/08/1914 | Lived/Born In: | South Kensington | |
| Rank: | Second Lieutenant | Unit: | Royal Flying Corps | |
| Memorial Site: | 1. Belgravia, St Peter 2. Brompton, Holy Trinity | |||
Current Information:Age-23 29 Thurloe Square, South Kensington St Acheul French National Cemetery, Amiens
Evelyn Perry was the tenth person in the UK to learn to fly. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps at the outbreak of war and was killed in a flying accident on 16 August, 1914. He took off from Amiens in a BE8, number 625, rose to the height of 150 feet before stalling and crashing.
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