Military service
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Son of E William Henry and Elizabeth Leslie Coates, Fl of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Digital gallery of Private James Mansfield Coates
Digital gallery of
Private James Mansfield Coates
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 349 of 1384.
Digital gallery of
Private James Mansfield Coates
From the Daily Colonist of April 7, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y101uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
Digital gallery of
Private James Mansfield Coates
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. He was discovered and exhumed at a later date and now rests in a marked grave.May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private James Mansfield Coates
From the Daily Colonist of October 15, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y265uvic/mode/1up?view=theater.
Digital gallery of
Private James Mansfield Coates
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private James Mansfield Coates
From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c. 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private James Mansfield Coates
From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private James Mansfield Coates
From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c. 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 349 of 1384.
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From the Daily Colonist of April 7, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y101uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
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His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. He was discovered and exhumed at a later date and now rests in a marked grave.May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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From the Daily Colonist of October 15, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y265uvic/mode/1up?view=theater.
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c. 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c. 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 68 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION Somme, France
Longueval is a village 40 kilometres north-east of Amiens and 12 kilometres east-north-east of Albert, a town on the D929 road from Amiens to Bapaume and Cambrai. From the D929 direction Bapaume-Albert take the 2nd turning for Martinpuich and continue along the D6 direction Longueval, for 2 kilometres. LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION sits on the right hand side of the road.
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