Geoffrey William Coles
Memorial: Winterbourne Down - All Saints' Church
Parents: Wilhamina Beatrice and Hugh Thomas Coles
Marital status: Married
Date of birth: 1887
Date of death: 27/12/1915
Age: 28
Further information:
Geoffrey William Coles was born 1887. His parents were Wilhamina Beatrice and Hugh Thomas Coles. He was brother to James, Denys and Nicholas. His brother James was also killed in the war. His father had worked as a magistrate and bank manager, but he became church warden at Winterbourne Down. He had been born in Clifton in Bristol
Geoffrey married Ursula Margaret de Coverdale Brownson in 1915 (June quarter). In 1911 Ursula was in Bristol. She had been born in Westmoreland in Windermere in 1887. They had a son called Richard G. H. Coles who was born in 1916 (June Quarter)
Geoffrey died in December 1915 at the age of 28. No war grave certificate has been found for him. He is remembered on the war memorial in All Saints churchyard in Winterbourne Down
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register and Imperial War Museum Lives of the First World War and Yate and District Heritage Centre