No.B/200510, Rifleman, Harry William COE
Aged 37
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Harry William COE was born in Kedington (Risbridge Q3-1880 4A:519), baptised in St Peter and St Pauls, Kedington on 17th October 1880, son of William and
Ellen COE. (née COOTE).
1881 census...Aged 8 months, he was in Kedington with his father William COE [42] thatcher; his mother Ellen [42]; sisters Emily [12], Mary C [10], Susan A [8], Julia [6] and Harriet [4]; brother William W [2]. They were all born in Kedington. 1891 census...Aged 10, he was at Railway Terrace, Town Road, Kedington with his parents, sisters Emily J, Susan A and Harriet; brothers William W and Richard J [7] born Kedington 1901 census...Aged 20, a bricklayer's labourer, he was at Railway Terrace, Kedington with his parents; sister Harriet and brother Richard (thatcher) and nephew Frederick William COE [1 month], born in Kedington 1911 census...Aged 30, a wheelwright's labourer, he was still at Railway Terrace, Kedington with his parents, sister Harriet and brother Richard John (thatcher) and nephew Frederic William. The family later moved to Rectory Road, Kedington. His brother William Willis COE, married Emma PHILLIPS in 1917, boot repairer (own business), enlisted in December 1915, declared medically unfit for a fighting unit and sent to RE Labour Battalion at Southampton as a skilled boot repairer. He served in Garrison duties in the BEF and he ended up as Private 307116 in the Tank Corps (still a boot repairer on Garrison duty ) and was demobbed on 21st April 1919, returning to his wife at Ivy Cottage, Kedington. He was the uncle of Frederick William COE. see here |
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He enlisted in Bury St Edmunds. "Soldiers Died" has him born in Haslingfeld and dying on 15th July 1918, this is at variance with all other records
He died of his wounds at No 12 Casualty Clearing Station, which at the time was at Needinghem Camp, near Proven , close to Mendinghem Cemetery. His battalion had been fighting at the STEENBEEK, where they suffered over 150 wounded. Without his service records it is impossible to say on which day he was wounded.
photo: Rodney Gibson click here to go to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website for full cemetery/memorial details |
