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Surname: COATES
Forename(s): Joseph
Place of Birth: Pudsey, Yorkshire
Service No: 242113
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: East Surrey Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 2/6th Battalion
Division: 67th (2/Home Countries) Division
Age: 35
Date of Death: 1917-08-03
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 437.
CWGC Cemetery: SILSDEN NONCONFORMIST BURIAL GROUND
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SILSDEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Joseph Coates was the son of John Harrison and Nancy Coates, née Rider. Both parents were born at Pudsey, Yorkshire.
1891 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 7, King Street - Joseph Coates, aged 8 years, born Pudsey, Yorkshire, son of Harrison and Nancy Coates.
1901 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 18, South View Terrace - Joseph Coates, aged 18 years, born Pudsey, Yorkshire, son of Harrison and Nancy Coates.
Joseph was married to Susannah Bentley in 1911.
1911 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 57, Tufton Street - Joseph Coates, aged 28 years, born Pudsey, Yorkshire, husband of Susannah Coates.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Joseph Coates, G/5499; 242113, 2/6 Bn E. Surrey Regt. Date and Place of Death: 3.8.17 Canterbury. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Susannah. £9 12s. 7d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte Joseph Coates, 242113, 2/6 E, Surrey. Date and cause of death: Cerebro Spinal Meningitis. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Susannah, born 8.5.83. Address: 57, Tufton Street, Silsden, Keighley.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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COATES, Joseph, aged 35, East Surrey Regiment, Tufton Street, [Silsden], died in hospital Canterbury.
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Private Joseph COATES
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Surrey Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 67th (2/Home Countries) Division
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10 August 1917
COATES – August 3rd 1917, in the Canterbury Military Hospital, Private Joseph Coates, East Surrey Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Coates, Tufton Street, Silsden, aged 35 years.
10 August 1917
SILSDEN – PRIVATE JOSEPH COATES DIES IN HOSPITAL
The death occurred on Friday last at the Canterbury Military hospital of Pte. Joseph Coates, East Surrey Regiment, husband of Mrs. Coates, Tufton Street, Silsden, and son of Cr. and Mrs. H. Coates, South View Terrace, Silsden. The deceased soldier enlisted in February of this year. After a few days leave about Easter he returned to his regiment, and was shortly afterwards stricken with illness from which he never recovered. He was admitted to the above hospital where he had been for the past fourteen weeks. Pte. Coates was 35 years of age, and prior to joining the Colours he was employed as a painter and paperhanger by Messrs. Smith and Pickles, Silsden. He was a well-known and highly respected young man, having been connected with the Silsden Wesleyan Church and Sunday School. He had also rendered a great deal of service in the capacity of lanternist at the various lectures, &c., held under the auspices of different organisations in the town.
The body was conveyed from Canterbury to Silsden, where the funeral took place at the Wesleyan Church on Wednesday afternoon. The Rev. Robertson Ballard was the officiating minister. There was a large attendance of relatives and friends.
10 August 1917
SILSDEN – URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
The August meeting of the Silsden Urban District Council was held at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening last. Cr. Wm. Basnett presided, and there were also present:–Crs. Joseph Hill, Frank Cowling, S. White, T. Fletcher, H. Coates, M. Clarkson, F. Driver, J. Tunnicliffe, and R. Fletcher, with the clerk (Mr. Henry Longbottom), and the surveyor and sanitary inspector (Mr. T. Painter).
VOTE OF SYMPATHY IN COUNCILLOR’S BEREAVEMENT
Prior to the ordinary business of the meeting being proceeded with the Chairman said he wished to make a few remarks with regard to an incident which had happened quite recently affecting one of their members. As most of them were aware Cr. Coates had lost one of his sons–one who had joined up. He had not been out of this country, but had been stricken with illness and died, and if he had not fallen on the battlefield he had died in the service of his country. He believed there would be about forty Silsden soldiers and sailors who had succumbed during the period of the war. It was still another reminder of the inevitable results of warfare, and he felt sure the members would all express their sympathy to Cr. Coates and Mrs. Coates and the widow in their loss. He might add that he knew the late Joseph Coates personally, and he has always struck him as being a man of shrewd common sense and a skilful workman, and moreover a very useful citizen. With these remarks he thought he was voicing the feelings of the members, and extended to the bereaved families their sincere sympathy. He moved that a letter be sent to Cr. Coates conveying their sympathy. Although he was present it would be on record that they had taken that action.
Cr. T. Fletcher, in seconding the resolution, said that death was a visitor from which no home, from the palace to the cottage was exempt, and when it came to those with whom they were daily associating in various forms they seemed linked together by a common bond of sympathy, and that sympathetic feeling found expression in the resolution which was to be submitted.
The resolution was carried by members rising in their places.
Cr. Coates thanked the Council for the mark of sympathy which they had shown.
24 August 1917
SILSDEN – IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN
A service was held at the Silsden Wesleyan Church on Sunday morning last in memory of the late Private Joseph Coates, East Surrey Regiment, and husband of Mrs. Coates, Tufton Street, Silsden, who died at the Canterbury Military Hospital on August 3rd. The service was conducted by the Rev. Robertson Ballard, who preached an appropriate sermon in which he referred to the deceased’s work amongst them. Private Coates was formerly a well known worker in connection with the Silsden Wesleyan Church and Sunday School.
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10 August 1917
COATES – Died in hospital at Canterbury, Aug. 3rd, Pte. Joseph Coates, of the East Surrey Regiment, husband of Mrs. Coates, of Tufton Street, Silsden, son of Cr. H. and Mrs. Coates, of South View Terrace, Silsden, aged 35.
10 August 1917
SILSDEN
DEATH OF PTE. J. COATES
The death occurred on Friday of last week at the Canterbury Military Hospital, of Private Joseph Coates, of the East Surrey Regiment, husband of Mrs. Coates, of Tufton Street, Silsden, and son of Councillor H. and Mrs. Coates, of South View Terrace, Silsden. The deceased soldier enlisted in February of this year, and after a few days’ leave about Easter he returned to his regiment and was shortly afterwards stricken with illness, from which he never recovered. He was admitted to the above hospital, where he had been for the past 14 weeks. Private Coates was 35 years of ago, and prior to joining the colours he was employed as a painter and paper-hanger by Messrs. Smith and Pickles, Kirkgate; Silsden. He was a well-known and highly respected young man, having been connected with the Silsden Wesleyan Church and Sunday school. He had also rendered a great deal of service in the capacity of lanternist at the various lectures held under the auspices of different organisations in the town. The body was conveyed from Canterbury to Silsden, where the funeral took place at the Wesleyan Church on Wednesday afternoon. Rev. Robertson Ballard was the officiating minister. There was a large attendance of relatives and friends.
10 August 1917
SILSDEN URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
THE LATE PRIVATE JOSEPH COATES
Prior to the commencement of the ordinary business, the Chairman said that an incident had happened quite recently that affected one of their members more particularly. As most of them were aware Mr. Coates had lost one of his sons – one who had joined up. He had not been out of this country, but he had been stricken with illness and had died and if he had not fallen on the battlefield he had died in the service of his country. He believed that would be the fortieth Silsden soldier or sailor who had succumbed during the period of the war. It was another reminder of the inevitable results of warfare, and he was sure they all expressed their sympathy with Mr. and Mrs. Coates and the widow in their loss. He might say that he knew Joseph Coates personally, and he always struck him as being a man of shrewd common sense and a skilful workman, and moreover a very useful citizen. With those remarks he thought he was voicing the feelings of the Council when he said they extended to those he had named their sincere sympathy. He moved that a letter be sent to Mr. Coates conveying the sympathy.
Cr. T. Fletcher, in seconding the resolution, said that death was a visitor from which no home from the palace to the cottage was exempt, and when it came to those with whom they were dearly associating in various forms, they seemed linked together by a common bond of sympathy and that sympathetic feeling found expression in the resolution which was to be submitted to the Council.
The motion was carried by the members rising in their places. Cr. Coates thanked the Council for the mark of sympathy they had shown to him.
24 August 1917
SILSDEN – MEMORIAL SERVICE
A service in memory of the late Private Joseph Coates, of the East Surrey Regiment, husband of Mrs. Coates, of Tufton Street, Silsden, and son of Councillor M. and Mrs. Coates, of South View Terrace, Silsden, whose death occurred at the Canterbury Military Hospital on August 3rd, was held at the Wesleyan Church on Sunday morning last. The service was conducted by Rev. Robertson Ballard, who preached an appropriate sermon for the occasion, during which he referred to the deceased’s work amongst them. Private Coates was formerly a well-known worker in connection with the Silsden Wesleyan Church and Sunday school.
02 August 1918
In loving remembrance of my dear husband, Joseph Coates, who passed away August 3rd, at the Military Hospital, Canterbury. Interred at Silsden Wesleyan Cemetery, Aug. 8th, 1917.
We shall all meet at home in the morning,
Our blessed Redeemer we’ll see;
We shall know and be known by our loved ones,
What a meeting indeed it will be.
– From his loving Wife, 57, Tufton Street, Silsden.
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