John Taylor and Ann Norman have submitted the following:
Norman Coleman was born 15th February 1895, the son of John and Jane Coleman of 48 Wrekenton Row. On the 1911 census he was employed as a coal miner as was his father. The family were living at 10 Ship Lane, Wrekenton.
He served as a Private with the Royal Marines “Portsmouth Battalion”, number PO/655 (S). He died at Gallipoli on 5th May 1915, of wounds received in action, and was buried at sea.
