Basic Details
Surname
Coles
Forenames
Samuel James
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
16089
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 3 Pipe Lane.

(N.B. The Roll is known to include numerous errors, including: misspelt names and inaccurate date/place of death, service number/ rank/ military unit etc; several casualties were mistakenly listed on it twice [i.e. under their true name and also the alias under which they served]; several other men were listed on it due to the mistaken belief they had died, whereas they had actually survived).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Essex
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
11th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
L/Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Loos
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Vermelles
Cemetery
Not stated
Year of death
1915
Month of death
September
Day of death
30
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 30th Sept. 1915 at Loos, and buried at Vermilles [sic]"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action