Stanley Ernest Coleman

A Private with the 7th Battalion, Stanley died on 18th of April 1916 at the age of 22.

Stanley was born at Carlton Colville in 1893, a son of James and Ellen Coleman. He was baptised at Saint Peter’s Church, Carlton Colville on 11 June 1893, and his family lived at Carlton Colville. In 1901 his family lived at Low Road, Carlton Colville. By 1911 they were living at 9 Marsh Road, Oulton Broad, and Stanley was a grocer’s assistant.

Stanley volunteered and enlisted in the Army, probably at Lowestoft. He joined the Suffolk Regiment, service number 179299. He was posted to the 7th Battalion and arrived in France on 11 August 1915.  

It appears that Stanley was wounded when the Battalion were in trenches near Noyelles, but exactly when is not known. We do not know exactly where he was when he died, but, given that he is buried at Bethune, he may have been at 33rd Casualty Clearing Station.