1918-2008: Ninety Years of Remembrance

Soldier Record

Edmund Coates

Contributed by: Brian Coates, on 2008-11-02

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Rank
First NameEdmund
SurnameCoates
Year of Birth1881
Year of Death1917
RegimentSuffolk Regiment
Place of Wartime ResidenceIpswich, Suffolk

Edmund's Story

A grandfather that I never knew. Father of two sons, Leonard & Percy, Leonard being my father who had six children. He was killed on 25th September 1917 during the 3rd, Battle of Passendale near/in Polygon Wood.

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