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, 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. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, HELEN. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
First name:
FREDERICK HENRY
Military Number:
242798
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
28
