Horace Coleman
1893 - 1917 (23 years)-
Name Horace Coleman Born 12 Dec 1893 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England 
[1] Christened 13 Mar 1894 St. John's Church, Mansfield, England Gender Male Died 2 Jun 1917 [2] Buried 8 Jun 1917 Mansfield Cemetery, Nottinghamshire, England Person ID I12644 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 21 Jun 2019
Father John Joseph Coleman, b. Abt Dec 1872, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England , d. Abt 11 Mar 1899, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England (Age ~ 26 years) Mother Emily Ann Thrall, b. Abt 1873, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England , d. Abt Dec 1903, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England (Age ~ 30 years) Married Abt Dec 1891 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England [3] Notes - Ref: Vol. 7b p. 666 (FreeBMD web site)
Family ID F04920 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - In 1901 Horace and his brother John were living with their mother Emily on Plantation Row in Mansfield.
Family History
Mother: Emily Coleman in 1901 she was a widow. His father, John Joseph Coleman, had died in 1899 aged only 26. In 1911 Horace and his older brother, John were living with their grandfather, Charles Thrall at 114 Nottingham Road, Mansfield. He was working as a coal miner.
Employment/Hobbies: Coal Miner at Mansfield Colliery.
Date of death: 02 Jun 1917
Age at death: 28
Commonwealth Grave No 2750036
Service number: 112940
Rank: Sapper
Military Unit: Royal Engineers
Military History: In France from 21/9/15
Extra Information: Mansfield |Chronicle Advertiser; 14/06/1917: Military Funeral at Mansfield. Sapper Horace Coleman of Chaucer Street, Mansfield funeral took place at Nottingham Road Mansfield. One of the first volunteers from Mansfield Colliery. He joined the Royal Engineers and served at the Battle of Arras. Horace had been invalided out of the army. This man is commemorated in a book of remembrance held by Mansfield District Council.
Ref: parish records of St. John's Church, Mansfield, fiche 9 of 22 p. 56 no. 445
- In 1901 Horace and his brother John were living with their mother Emily on Plantation Row in Mansfield.
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