Private Frank William Coleman

Army Number : 1778

Battalion : 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Son of William and Mary Coleman, of 23, Station Street, Sutton-In-Ashfield. He was a carter and milk seller prior to enlisting 16th May 1913 at Sutton-in-Ashfield. He went to France 2nd March 1915 and was killed in action, 14th October 1915, age 19, whilst the battalion was holding the line at the Hohenzollern Redoubt near Loos, France.

Buried/Commemorated : Loos Memorial, France. Panel 87 to 89.

Private Frank William Coleman is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Mary Magdalene Church War Memorial, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
Sutton-in-Ashfield Cemetery War Memorial, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.