BORN HULL 1889. SON OF HENRY WILLIAM COLEMAN (1857-1930) & SARAH ANN (DRAKE) COLEMAN (1862-1942). SON OF A CAB DRIVER. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN AT THIS 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY RULLYMAN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 33185, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE MARRIED HELEN STUBBINS (BORN 5/3/1893), AT ST STEPHENS, HULL, IN 1915. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE TO THE 2/5TH, DUKE OF WELLINGTON’S OWN (WEST RIDING REGIMENT). KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 28.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, HELEN, AT 6, WARNE TERRACE, WARNE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD ONE SON, GEORGE HENRY, BORN 9/1//1916. AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 18 SHILLINGS & NINEPENCE ON 31/12/1917.
