Lieutenant Eric Robert Coats
Campaign:
World War 1
Died:
17.5.1918
1 SG
KIA Aged 24
Born Cardell, Meikleriggs, Paisley, only child of William Hodge (thread manufacturers) & Bertha Elizabeth Martha Kerr Coats, resident of Woodside, Paisley. Member of St James U.F. Church. Educated Wellington College & Brasenose Oxford, left Oxford when war broke out and enlisted Black Watch, later transferring to the Scots Guards. Killed instantaneously while leading a night patrol at Adinfer, south of Arras.
Buried Douchy-Les-Ayette British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. 1, F, 3
Memorial(s):
Country | Location | Name of Memorial | Campaign | Names | Date(s) | |
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Scotland | In town centre Junction of Gilmour Street and Moss Street Paisley Renfrew Strathclyde PA1 1BZ | Paisley War Memorial | World War 1 |
Eric Coats | 17-5-1918 | View |
Scotland | Former Redgorton Church B8063 Redgorton PH1 3HX Scotland | Redgorton Church Memorial to Lieutenant Eric Coats | World War 1 |
Eric Coats | 17-5-1918 | View |
England | WELLINGTON COLLEGE Crowthorne Bracknell Berkshire | Wellington College War Memorial | World War 1 World War 2 |
Eric Coats | 17-5-1918 | View |
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