Private 9641 John COATES

Private 9641 John Coates{gallery}Pte J Coates{/gallery}1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 11th May 1915, aged 32

• Commemorated: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 8
  
• Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of James and Elizabeth Coates of 4 Market Street, Polesworth [1911]
• NNWFHS Memorial: Atherstone
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Coates
• NNWFHS Atherstone War Memorial Page
• Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1886 at Polesworth
• Employed as a coal miner [1901]
• Lived as a boarder at Coach and Horses Yard, Atherstone [1901]
  
• Stationed in Ceylon and India with 1st Battalion RWR [1911]
• Employed as a soldier [1911]