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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC Headstones -
- Parkhurst Military Cemetery : J Coleman -

Location

In Parkhurst Military Cemetery, Forest Road, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Standard CWGC headstone. WW I pattern.

Grave location : I C 81
Headstone

Parkhurst Military Cemetery : J Coleman
 
Inscription


14575 PRIVATE
J COLEMAN
ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGT.
15TH OCTOBER 1915 AGE 25
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Further Information

CWGC record ...
 
Index Board entry 012 : 14575 Private J Coleman : R War Regt : 15.10.1915

From the IW County Press of 16 October 1915 :

SOLDIER'S TRAGIC DEATH AT PARKHURST

Pte. Coleman of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who has been stationed at Parkhurst for a short time, was found dead late last night at the huts with a gun-shot wound in the head and his rifle near at hand.


 


 
 

 
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