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Surname: COATES
Forename(s): Thomas Metcalfe
Place of Birth: Marsett, Yorkshire
Service No: 201773
Rank: L/Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/4th Battalion
Division: 50th (Northumbrian) Division
Age: 32
Date of Death: 1925-01-18
Awards: M.M.
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: STALLING BUSK (ST. MATTHEW) CHURCHYARD
Local War Memorial: BAINBRIDGE, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: MARSETT, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: STALLING BUSK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Thomas Metcalfe Coates was the son of George and Margaret Ann Coates, née Batty. George was born at Thwaite and Margaret at Reeth, Yorkshire.
1901 Marsett, Yorkshire Census: Thomas M. Coates, aged 8 years, born Marsett, son of George and Margaret A. Coates.
1911 Marsett, Yorkshire Census: West End - Thos. Metcalfe Coates, aged 18 years, born Marsett, son of George and Margaret Ann Coates.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Thomas M. Coates, 5173, L/Cpl, 201773, York. R. Date of Enlistment: 6.10.15. Date of Discharge: 14.7.17. [Thomas received the Silver War Badge.]
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Thomas M. Coates, 5173, 201773, 4/York. R. Discharged.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: L/Cpl Thomas Metcalfe Coates, 5173, Yorkshire. Born 1893. Address 1. Salisbury House, Askrigg, Yorks. Address 2. The Heugh, Aysgarth.
Thomas was married to Elizabeth Hannah Watson in 1920.
A short biography of Thomas is included in: ‘Wensleydale Remembered – The Sacrifice made by the Families of a Northern Dale 1914-1918 and 1939-1945’ by Keith Taylor (2004).
Photograph courtesy of Keith Taylor.
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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L/Corporal Thomas Metcalfe COATES
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 50th (Northumbrian) Division
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Thomas Metcalfe Coates, seated, bottom left
Courtesy of Keith Taylor ('Wensleydale Remembered')
Thomas Metcalfe Coates and his wife Elizabeth on their honeymoon
Courtesy of Keith Taylor ('Wensleydale Remembered')
Silk Bookmark in memory of Thomas Metcalfe Coates
Courtesy of Derek and Lesley Kettlewell, Stalling Busk
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23 March 1917
AYSGARTH – MILITARY MEDAL
Lance-Corporal T.M. Coates, of Marsett, Bainbridge, has been awarded the Military Medal for bravery when taking part in a bombing raid in France in June last. Later Lance-Corporal Coates got terribly wounded on the Somme. He had got in the enemy trenches when a Boche threw a bomb, hitting him below the right eye. It was too near to explode in his face, but it burst under his feet. He had the satisfaction of knowing he killed his enemy at the point of the bayonet. Lance-Corporal Coates was in Rouen Hospital eleven weeks, where he underwent four operations, and since his removal to an English Hospital in December last he has undergone more operations. His friends in Wensleydale will be glad to know he is now progressing favourably.
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