BORN SUTTON 1892, SON OF HENRY COATES (1862-1910) & HESTER MARY COATES (1867-1929). ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED AS QUARTER MASTER, SERGEANT, “A” COMPANY, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 20/10/1916, AGED 24. HE IS BURIED AT SUTTON AND HIS NAME IS LISTED ON SUTTON VILLAGE MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MABEL E HEALEY WHO HE MARRIED IN 1915.
First name:
RICHARD
Military Number:
9423
Rank:
Company Quarter Master Sergeant
Date Died
20/10/1916
Place died:
Sutton-on-Hull (St James) Churchyard, East Yorkshire ,UK
Age:
25
LIME TREE AVENUE, SUTTON ON HULL, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
