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 EVANS HEALEY WHO HE MARRIED IN 1915. SHE LIVED AT 16, RIPON VILLAS, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). AWARDE A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 17 SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE, ON 23/4/1917.
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
16, RIPON VILLAS, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
