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James Mansfield Coates

In memory of:

Private James Mansfield Coates

September 26, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

180019

Age:

34

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

7th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

April 13, 1882

Son of E William Henry and Elizabeth Leslie Coates, Fl of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 68 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

8.C. 12.

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– 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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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – 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.
  • Newspaper clipping– 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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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of April 7, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y101uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Memorial– 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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    Memorial
    Memorial – 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)
  • Newspaper clipping– 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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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – 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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