The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A G Coleman

Private Arthur George COLEMAN, S/8466, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 22nd July 1916, age 23.

27th February 1894, born Deptford, SE, son of Edward Albert & Minnie Coleman, of 16, Childers St., Deptford, London.

21st March 1894, Deptford, baptism, Arthur George Coleman, son of Edward Albert & Minnie Coleman.

1911 Census - 23 Hughes Fields, Deptford - Edward Albert Coleman, head, age 40, married, dock labourer, born Bland Street Borough; Minnie Coleman, wife, age 40, married 20 years, 11 children, 8 still alive, born Kings Cross; Edward Alfred Coleman, son, age 18, single, wood box maker, born Deptford; Arthur Coleman, son, age 17, single, tin worker, hand press, born Deptford; Percy Coleman, son, age 15, single, boiler scurfer, born Deptford; Florence Coleman, daughter, age 14, school, born Deptford; George Coleman, son, age 13, school, born Deptford; John Coleman, son, age 7, born Rotherhithe; William Coleman, son, age 2, born Greenwich; Robert Coleman, son, age 7 weeks, born Greenwich.

Enlisted New Cross, SE.

7th December 1914, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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