Fred Copeman's naval reputation and later causes

Fred Copeman's reputation as a naval boxer may have given him enough standing to influence sailors directly during Invergordon. His concern for poverty in Malta extended to sending money there from prize-fighting earnings. His later career included command of a British battalion in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. During the Second World War, he managed deep Tube shelters in London. Copeman's recollection treated the mutiny as an education in leadership and politics while maintaining that those who called it had an economic grievance. His later political causes should therefore be distinguished from the immediate demand over naval pay.