Basic Details
Surname
Coles
Forenames
Samuel James
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
15089
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 3 Pipe Lane. It inaccurately records his date of death as 30/9/1915.

(CWGC records that Lance Corporal Samuel James Coles, regimental number 15089, died aged 23 on 27/9/1915, serving in the 11th Battalion Essex Regiment, and is commemorated on Loos Memorial. They record him as the son of Mrs Jane Coles of 3 Pipe Lane, Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great War likewise records Samuel's date of death as 27/9/1915, as do the Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects and the Essex Regiment's Medal Rolls).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
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
Vermilles
Cemetery
France
Year of death
1915
Month of death
September
Day of death
30
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 30 September 1915 [sic] at Loos"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
3, PIPE LANE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial