Frederick James Coates
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Royal Navy
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Able Seaman 238829
Parents: Edwin and Mina Coates
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: Badminton Road, Downend, Bristol (where his father was a boarder) - 1911 Census. Lived: Winterbourne Mill, Winterbourne Down (as a boarder with his widower Father and Sister) – 1901 Census
Pre-war occupation: Frederick served in the Royal Navy from 1909, prior to that he was a farm labourer
Date of birth: 03/06/1891
Date of death: 15/03/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: No Known Grave – Commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial
Age: 26
Further information:
Frederick was serving on HMS Foyle when it was sunk by a mine. HMS Foyle was a river class destroyer which hit the mine off Plymouth with a loss of 28 and sunk whilst under tow.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.