Walter Coole

Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial

Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment

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

Rank and number: Private 5203

Parents: Walter and Mary Ann Coole (nee Coggins)

Home address: 52 Sherbourne Street, St. George, Bristol

Date of birth: 1881

Place of birth: Hanham, Bristol

Date of death: 10/01/1917

Buried/Commemorated at: Abbeville Communal Extension (Ref II. A. 16.), France

Age: 36

Further information:

Walter served with the 1st/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment

His sister Alice emigrated with husband William Yandle and settle in US. His brother, Bertie, was invalided out of the Navy from Vivid II one month after enlisting in 1900

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

Forces War Records and CWGC