Frederick James Ivor Coleman

Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church

Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment

Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal

Rank and number: Private 44214

Parents: Frederick George and Annie Coleman

Home address: 5 Honey Hill, Kingswood, Bristol

Pre-war occupation: Schoolboy

Date of birth: 1899

Place of birth: Barry, Glamorgan

Date of death: 10/01/1919

Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Pont-Remy British Cemetery, Somme, France and commemorated on Kingswood Holy Trinity Memorial

Age: 19

Further information:

Frederick was born in Barry Glamorgan, the son of a labourer and the second eldest of six children with one brother and four sisters.

Frederick initially enlisted in the Hampshire Regiment (No 45760) later transferring to the 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment and served on the Western Front for the latter stages of the war. Frederick died from pneumonia two months after hostilities had ended. The cemetery where he is buried was used by the 46th Casualty Clearing Station which was based at Pont-Remy from December 1918 to April 1919.

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/