Private 9238 Frederick COLES

Private 9238 Frederick Coles{gallery}Pte J H Spencer{/gallery}2nd Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Killed in action in the Battle of Festubert, Richeboury L’Avone, France and Flanders, 17th May 1915, aged 29

• Commemorated: Le Touret Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Panel 26
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Edward and Jane Coles
  
• Husband of Emma Adelaide Coles [nee Woods]. Married Oct Qtr 1914 at Nuneaton
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pte Coles
• Le Touret Memorial
• Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jan Qtr 1886 at Burton-upon-Trent, Staffs
  
• Lived at Burton-upon-Trent [1901]
• Lived as a boarder at 179 Haunchwood Road, Nuneaton [1911]
  
• Lived at 46 Gadsby Street, Nuneaton [1914]
• Employed as a laundry collector [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Arrived in France 26 Jan 1915