In Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France is the Commonwealth War Grave of 139915 Private Frederick Coult serving with the 38th Battalion Machine Gun Corps who died 10/05/1918.
Pauline Priano has submitted the following:-
Fredrick Coult, known as Fred, was born at Chopwell near Rowlands Gill, County Durham in 1895. One of 8 children of whom 6 survived, he was the eldest of 5 sons and 1 daughter.
His parents Frank Coult and Catherine Irving, who were both born at Tow Law, County Durham in 1877, were married in 1894, district of Lanchester. Frank was employed as a coal hewer whilst they were living at Tanfield.
By 1911 they had moved to Rose Cottage, Burnopfield where he was employed as a stone-man at the colliery, Fred (16) and his brother Benjamin (14) were drivers below ground whilst John (12) and Catherine (9) were scholars, Robert (4) and Henry (2) remained at home with their mother.
Fred enlisted at Consett in 1915 assigned as Private 59301 Welsh Regiment. He was also married during the 3rd quarter (Jul/Aug/Sep) 1915 to Ada Beadle of Witton Park, County Durham, born May 3rd 1896. Their daughter Alice Beatrice was born May 27th 1916.
He departed for the Western Front as of January 1916 where he was transferred in the field as Private 139915 to the 38th Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) which had been formed March 2nd 1918 from the Machine Gun Companies of the 38th Division. During their participation on the Somme in 1918 he was killed in action on May 10th 1918 and interred at Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France, grave II. D. 7. He was 23 years old.
His widow Ada received all monies due to him, a pension for herself and their daughter and his awards of the British War Medal and Victory Medal sent to her at 13, Lilian Terrace, Langley Park, County Durham. She commissioned at a cost of 3 shillings 2 pence an additional inscription to be added to his military headstone, it reads, “Rest In Peace”.
Ada remarried in 1921 in the district of Lanchester to ex-serviceman Ernest Edward Swinbank with whom she had a further 3 children, Richard born 1921, Alberta born 1924 died in 1988, Ernest Edward Jnr born 1930 died May 29th 1986. Alice Beatrice Coult married George Young in 1936 at Barnet, Middlesex where she died in 1999.
Ada Swinbank-Coult nee Beadle died in 1953 aged 57 years registered Durham Northern, Ernest Edward Swinbank aged 57 years in 1955, district of Darlington.
In God’s safe keeping. Rest In Peace.
Frederick Coult is remembered at Malton on M49.01, at Langley Park on L64.01 and L64.06 and at Lanchester on L62.01
