Military service
Service number:
B/64471
Age:
23
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
August 10, 1920
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 24, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Juno Beach, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. E. 14.
Additional information
Son of Russell C. and Eva Coulter, of Toronto, Ontario; nephew of Gladys Coulter, also of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Alan Douglas Coulter
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Photo of Alan Douglas Coutler
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Obituary
This copy of Lance Corporal Coutler's obituary was obtained from a collection of newspaper clippings made during WW II. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Western Technical School
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Grave marker
Coulter's Grave Marker at BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY ; Calvados, France (April 2017) -
Grave Marker
This photo of LCpl Coulter's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of The QOR of C June 6th, 2003. -
Group Photo
Alan’s brother Norman and Family -
E. May Coulter
Sister-in-law of Alan -
Photo of Russell Crossley Coulter
Father of Alan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Alan Douglas Coulter
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Alan Douglas Coulter
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Alan Douglas Coulter
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Alan Douglas Coulter
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Alan Douglas Coulter
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Alan Douglas Coulter
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Alan Douglas Coulter
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Alan Douglas Coulter
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Alan Douglas Coulter
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 280 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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