Private 675237 Hubert COLES

Private 675237 Hubert Coles{gallery}Pte H Coles{/gallery}2nd (Eastern Ontario) Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Killed in action at Upton Wood, Battle of the Scarpe, France and Flanders, 31st August 1918, aged 28

• Commemorated: Vimy Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France.
  
• Awarded: Yet to be established
  
• Son of William and Harriet Coles of Atherstone
• Husband of Edith K Coles [now Ellis – nee Rogers]. Married 13 Mar 1916 in Oxford, Ontario
• NNWFHS Memorial: King Edward VI Grammar School
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Coles
• Vimy Memorial
• 2nd Battalion Canadian Infantry

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born 11 Mar 1890 at Atherstone
  
• Attended King Edward VI Grammar School
• Lived at 2 Ratcliffe Road, Witherley [1901]
• Arrived in St John, New Brunswick on 4 Mar 1911 aboard SS Empress of Ireland
  
• Lived in Norwich, Ontario, Canada [1914]
  
• Employed as a farmer [1916]
  
• Enlisted 12 Jan 1916 at Norwich, Quebec