Corporal George Alfred Coppard MM (26 January 1898 – 17 February 1985) was a British soldier who served with the Machine Gun Corps during World War I.

He fought in the front line almost continuously through the campaigns of 1916 and 1917 with the exception of a period of convalescence after he was accidentally shot by a colleague on 17 October 1916.

He was wounded again on 22 November 1917 during the Battle of Cambrai, nearly killed by a machine gun bullet which passed through his left thigh and severed his femoral artery.

He was discharged to the Machine Gun Corps convalescent camp at Harrowby in Yorkshire, where he was still recovering when the Armistice was signed.

During retirement Coppard sought and received encouragement from the Imperial War Museum to have his wartime diaries published.