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HOWDEN-LE-WEAR

Coates, J., Spr., 1918
In Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, is the Commonwealth War Grave of 197785 Sapper James Coates, serving with the 255th Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers, who died 31/05/1918.

His story is told in: Remembering our Fallen: Remembering the men of Howden-le-Wear and Fir Tree who gave their lives during the Great War 1914-1918, A. Yuill, 2015, Howden-le-Wear History Society and ‘Relativity’, ISBN 978-0-9571257-2-8, pages 104-7.

James Coates is remembered in Howden le Wear on H139.01 and H139.02


The CWGC entry for Sapper Coates

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk

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