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Edgar Coleman

In memory of:

Private Edgar Coleman

September 17, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

123504

Age:

39

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

58th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

May 26, 1877
Wiltshire, England

Son of James and Emily Coleman; husband of Emily Inez Coleman, of London, Ontario.

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:

ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

I. O. 34.

Location:

Albert is a town on the River Ancre in the Department of the Somme, 28 kilometres north-east of Amiens. The ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is on the south-east side of Albert and the junction of the roads to Fricourt and Meaulte, and the Extension is entirely enclosed by it.

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 747 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 747 of 1384.
  • Photo of Edgar Coleman– Pte E Coleman as pictured in the December 1918 edition of The Christmas Echo published in London Ontario -- And in the Morning

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    Photo of Edgar Coleman
    Photo of Edgar Coleman – Pte E Coleman as pictured in the December 1918 edition of The Christmas Echo published in London Ontario -- And in the Morning

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