Arthur James Coles
View Arthur James on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websiteService number:
42304
Rank:
Private
Service:
Worcestershire Regiment
Origin:
Date of birth:
1899
Date of death:
14 November 1918
Age at Death:
19
Known information
Private Arthur James Coles was the younger son of John William Coles of Belton. His elder brother William also died in the war. Arthur joined the Worcestershire Regiment on 2 February 1917 and went to France on 3 March 1918 with the 1st Battalion. He was taken prisoner within a month of his landing, and died in the prisoner of war hospital at Meschide on 14 October 1918 aged 19. The cause of death is not known. Arthur is buried at Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, grave V.E.6, and is remembered on Ridlington's war memorial.
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Rutland and The Battle of the Somme
More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.
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