BORN HULL 1880. SON OF CHARLES SOUTHCOAT (1845-1909) & HANNAH SOUTHCOAT (1849-1891). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS RIFLEMAN, 9499, 3RD KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 15/02/1915, AGED 35. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO MISS ALMA MAY WALKER.
First name:
CHARLES EDWARD
Military Number:
9499
Rank:
Rifleman
Date Died
15/02/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
35
