BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JOHN MOSES COULTAS (1858-1919) AND HARRIET ANN GIBSON (1858-1903), OF 47, EDGAR STREET, HESSLE ROAD. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. A GROCER’S ERRAND BOY IN THE 1911 CENSUS AND LATER WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER WHEN HE JOINED UP. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 06/08/1915. KILLED IN ACTION ON 04/10/1917, AGED 21. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER JOHN, AND SISTER, ALICE M. SCOTT. EDWARDS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE WALKER STREET MEMORIAL. HIS BROTHER JOHN HENRY COULTAS, EYR ALSO SERVED AT THE SAME ADDRESS.
NB: PTE. HAROLD COULTAS, 2ND EYR – 5 LUCYS PLACE, PORTER STREET.
First name:
EDWARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
17656
Rank:
Private
Date Died
04/10/1917
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
21
