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Act/Cpl. John Colclough
British Army 7th Battalion North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales's)
from:Hanley
(d.21 January 1917)
A/Corporal Colclough was my great great great uncle and was killed in action in Mesopotamia in January 1917.
Nurse Cole
Voluntary Aid Detachment Brondesbury Park Military Hospital
Pte. Cole
British Army 22nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. Cole
British Army 22nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
L/Cpl. Albert Edward Cole
British Army 11th Btn Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:London S.E.14
(d.16th July 1916)
Alfred Cole
British Army Royal Engineers
from:Portsmouth
A/Sjt. C. F. Cole
Australian Imperial Force. 3rd Salvage Coy.
Pte. Cecil Cole
British Army 6th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Crowborough
(d.8th October 1915)
My great uncle Cecil, died aged 19 years at Loos, on the 8th October 1915. I have his medals.
His younger brother, my grandfather, Frederick William Cole, was born on 11th November 1905, and I don't believe he ever really recovered from the loss, being 9 years old at the time. My great uncle's body was never recovered or buried as an individual as far as I am aware.
Pte. Claude E. Cole
British Army 16th Btn. Devonshire Regiment
from:Exeter
(d.3rd September 1918)
Claude Cole served with the 16th (North Devon Yeomanry) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. He lost his life on the 3rd of September 1918. Aged 21 he was the son of Alfred and Dorothy M. Cole of 224 Pinhoe Road, Exeter.
Lt. Edwin Stuart Travis Cole
Royal Flying Corps 1 Sqd.
from:Bristol
Capt. Edwin Stuart Travis Cole
RFC No.1 Sqn
from:Bristol
Edwin Stuart Travis Cole, the son of Reuben and Jessie Cole, was from Bristol and trained as a mechanical engineer. After taking flying lessons privately at Hendon and obtaining his pilot’s licence he joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1916 as 2nd Lieutenant and was posted to 60 Squadron. He scored his first victory flying a Nieuport scout, but was then transferred to 1 Squadron.
On the morning of the 17th May he was part of a patrol of 4 Nieuport scouts of 1 Squadron when, at 12,000 feet somewhere east of Ypres they attacked a formation of 4 German Albatross scouts.
Cole wrote in a letter to his parents: “The day before yesterday ... I did a long patrol before breakfast & nothing special happened, at 9.45 we had a long reconnaissance & at the end of this as we were crossing the lines I spotted a brilliantly red coloured machine with three other machines with him on our side of the trenches, all of us dived on them & a general scrap followed. The Capt. Brought one down but he managed to get back to hunland before crashing, in turn Capt was shot down by one of the hun, shots going right through his petrol tank. He came down in a spin but managed to right her before hitting the ground. Two more of our patrol were shot down & it left another pilot and myself to do our best, the other fellow was splendid & put up a splendid show. However after scrapping for some time two of the huns managed to get away & it left me with one fellow. He had a wonderful machine & the finest flyer I have been up against. We each tried to better the other from 12,000 to 800 ft & when we got near the ground I managed to get in some good shots & down he came, burst into flames just before hitting the ground & the machine went vertically into a pond. I landed in a field next to him & rushed over, thousands of tommies & people were watching & a cheer went up from all of them. However we got the poor fellow out the doctor found him with 5 shots through the heart so there was no chance for him It was all frightfully exciting. Fortunately I did not have a shot in my machine. The hun machine has been brought to the aerodrome & it belongs to their crack squadron & is the very latest type and most beautifully fitted up.” (Source: 'Airfields and Airmen: Ypres' By Michael O'Connor, Casemate Publishers, 23 Dec 2008]
Cole’s victim was Alexander Kutscher of Jasper 28.
Cole scored six more victories with 1 Squadron in only 6 weeks during the period known as Bloody April when the Germans had air superiority with more advanced aircraft. On 1 May 1917, he and fellow pilot Frank Sharpe captured a German Albatros D.III fighter at Roulers-Elverdinghe, and he received promotion to lieutenant the same day. Following this, Cole was withdrawn from action and returned to England as an instructor. In July 1918 he was promoted to the rank of Captain. At the close of hostilities he resigned from the RAF, but served again in World War 2.
Cpl Ernest Edward Cole
British Army 11th Btn Hampshire Regiment
Cpl. Ernest Edward Cole
British Army 11th Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:Wandsworth
Ernest Cole was my Grandfather. During WW1 he served with the 11th Battalion Hampshire Regiment. Post war he was commissioned into the Tank Corps as as second Lieutenant.
Pte. Frank Cole
British Army 7th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
(d.3rd Jul 1916)
Pte. George Albert Cole
British Army 17th Btn. London Regiment
from:Studely Road, London
For many years I have been researching our family history. My Uncle George A. Cole and his wife Rosetta (Snell) lived with our large family for many years especially during the 2nd World War until Uncle died in 1964. During all this time Uncle George was not in good health, both physically and mentally and often mentioned that he was gassed during the First World War. Does anyone have any information on his war service?
L/Cpl. George Harry Cole
British Army 2nd Btn. Welsh Regiment
from:Abertridwr
(d.14th Sep 1914)
Pte. Herbert Reginald Bruce Cole
British Army 8th Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Ampthill
(d.18th April 1917)
Private Herbert Reginald Bruce Cole, born and enlisted in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, husband of Edith Butcher Cole. Served with the 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment (service no. 33789),
He died of his wounds on 18th April 1917 in France and Flanders age 23 and is buried in Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France. He is remembered on both The War Memorial and The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill.
Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
Pte. James W. Cole
British Army 2nd Battalion London Regiment
Private J W Cole was wounded in November 1915.
Pte. James Cole
British Army A Coy. 15th Btn. Suffolk Regiment
from:Stoven, Suffolk
(d.31st Mar 1918)
Pte. James Stanley Cole
British Army A Coy. 2/7th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Reynalton
(d.18th Nov 1917)
James Cole was born to Thomas and Edith Mary Cole of Carne Mountain, Begelly, Pembrokeshire, where his parents farmed. James enlisted in the Pembroke Yeomanry at the outbreak of the Great War. He was killed in action at the battle of Poelcappel, Belgium on 18th of November 1917. He was 27 years old.
Pte. Johnny Cole
British Army 6th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Liverpool
(d.15th April 1915)
Johnny Cole was a Prisoner of War in Gustrow (prisoner 1315) he died on 15th of April 1915. He had sent a letter to his sister Ellen on 30th of March 1915 asking for bread and dripping to be sent to him but he died before it reached him.
Gnr. Leonard Cole
British Army A Battery, 307th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Eltham, Kent
(d.23rd Oct 1918)
Leonard Cole served with A Battery, 307th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
2nd Lt. Leslie Stewart Cole
British Army 3rd Btn. att. 2nd Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Bidston, Birkenhead
(d.3rd Oct 1915)
Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action at Loos 3 October 1915. Aged 24. Son of Henry Alexander and Rhoda Cole, of The Homestead, Vyner Rd., Bidston, Cheshire. Educated at Uppingham School and Clare College, Cambridge. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.
Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918: "Cole, Leslie Stewart, 2nd Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 2nd (22nd. Foot), Battn. The Cheshire Regt., eldest s. of Henry Alexander Cole, of The Homestead, Bidston, co. Chester, by his wife, Rhoda, 19 May, 1891; educ. Uppingham School, and Clare College, Cambridge; subsequently joined his father's firm, Messrs. Henry A. Cole & Co. Ltd., Liverpool and Birkenhead, of which he was the prospective head; volunteered his services on the outbreak of war, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Cheshire Regt. 15 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from May, being then attached to the 2nd Battn. as Machine Gun Officer, and was killed in action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt, during the Battle of Loos, 3 Oct. 1915, while in command of the machine guns. A brother officer, who was wounded in the same action, wrote: "He was always cheery and welcomed wherever he went. His men had the greatest regard for him, and would have followed him anywhere. I had not seen him in real action until we met in the Hohenzollern Redoubt, and I was struck by his remarkable coolness and bravery under the terrible ordeal. He was working his guns with deadly effect to the attacking enemy, and holding them in check, completely stopping their rushes and for a time saving our line from being surrounded. He died in a noble attempt to save his comrades.""
I am researching the names on the 1914-1919 War Memorial in my local church (St Oswald's, Bidston).
S/Lt. Morris Roseman Cole DSC
Royal Navy H.M.S Carysfort
Gnr. Patrick Cole
British Army 153rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
A/2nd Lt. Richard Barnes Cole MID
British Army
from:Coventry
Rfn. Thomas Henry Cole
British Army 1st Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Custom House, East London
(d.3rd Oct1917)
Thomas Cole was my Grandfather, his son,(my father) was born in 1915 and never met him. I have his cherished great war plaque on permanent display and hope to visit his grave in Bard Cottage Cemetery this year. From my research it seems he was at the Polygon Wood battle and died on the last day of this particular conflict.
Gnr. Walter Cole
Royal Garrison Artillery 36th Siege Bty.
from:Great Wenham, Suffolk
(d.28th May 1917)
Walter Cole was born in Little Wenham, Suffolk in 1896. He initially joined Essex & Suffolk RGA (T) No. 297.
Walter died in France on 28th May 1917.
His parents, Walter and Hannah Cole, were living at 11 Queens Road, Great Wenham, Colchester, Essex at the time of their son's death.
Pte. Walter John Cole
British Army 9th Btn. Norfolk Battalion
from:Acle
(d.31st Dec 1915)
Walter Cole was the son of William Cole bn 1851 Castle Camp, Cambs and Anna Maria Morse, Acle Norfolk. His father was a plate-layer for the railway. Researching those who fell during World War 1 for my local village and any information would be gratefully received.
Pte. William "Darkie" Cole
British Army 2nd Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Felixstowe,Suffolk
(d.15th July 1917)
William Cole was my grandfather and I visited Belgium to try and find his grave in the 1970's. He having been killed in July 1917 somewhere near Neuwport, Belgium. My wife and I spent many hours searching War Grave sites without success. We then spoke to two workman beside the small country lane who suggested a nearby church. It was their that we found his grave together with just a handful of others. We were surprised to find that he was in the Manchester Regt., having as far as I know, no historical connection. I am now searching for any record surviving of the actions taking place and any cause of death that can be found.
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