Information from the Roll of Honour
Parish
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Surname
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Initials
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Award
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Rank
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Ship or Regiment
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Place of Death
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Date of Death
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Cullompton (Addenda)
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Coles
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Ernest
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Pte.
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M.G.C.
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An asterisk * in the Place of Death indicates an hospital death
A double asterisk ** in the Place of Death indicates the record is annotated with Missing
Further Information from Contributors
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RoH Ref.
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11428
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Forename
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Ernest
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Surname
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Coles
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Rank or Rating
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Service Number(s)
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136125, 40927
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Father
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Samuel Coles
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Mother
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Harriet (nee Smith)
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Wife
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Date of Birth
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1899
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Where Born
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Cullompton, Devonshire
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Date Baptised
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19
December
1900
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Ship or Regiment
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Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 50th Battalion, formerly Somerset Light Infantry
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Date of Death
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9
October
1918
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Place of Death
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Grave or Memorial
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Remarks
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His brothers, Albert John Coles and William Coles, also fell.
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Contributor
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PB, Eve Parker