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Private WILLIAM HENRY COLES

Service Number: 251270
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

"B" Coy. 1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 March 1917

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY

XVIII. C. 13.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Emma Coles; husband of Beatrice Annie Coles, of Lavender Cottage, Kirby Cross, Essex. Born at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Formerly Serjt. Shanghai Municipal Police. Enlisted Dec., 1915.
  • Personal Inscription PARTED ONLY UNTIL THE DAWN
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