Name
William Thomas Cole
1897
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
17/09/1916
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
4188
London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
1st/8th (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Searched but not found
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 9 C and 9 D.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Shenley War Memorial, Believed named on St Botolph's Church Memorial, Shenleybury (now lost)
Pre War
On both the 1901 and 1911 census he is shown as living in Shenley and in 1911 his occupation is shown as Post Office Telegraph Messanger
Wartime Service
Additional Information
After the war the parents William Henry and Elizabeth Cole are shown as living at Frances Cottage, Shenley.
William is also commemorated on his family’s grave in Shenley (St. Botolph) Churchyard, Shenleybury. His part of the inscription reads:
W. T. COLE ELDER SON OF ABOVE [William H And Elizabeth Cole]
KILLED IN ACTION AGED. 17, 1916, AGED 20 YEARS.
Acknowledgments
Taff Williams
