BORN BOSTON, LINCS 1892. SON OF JAMES COULSON AND BERTH EMILY COULSON, OF 141 PLANE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 297 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FISH MERCHANT. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS WHO ALSO SERVED IN THE WAR
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3616, 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED ON THE SOMME, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 24. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 29/12/1917. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS PARENTS.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, THOMAS COULSON, 11/550, 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/11/1917, AGED 21. HIS OTHER BROTHER, HERBERT, SERVED AS PRIVATE, 205526, IN THE EYR AND WAS WOUNDED (SILVER BADGE NO:499285)
