Henry William Coleman

A Sergeant with 7th Bn. Henry died on 13th of August 1917 at the age of 23. 

Henry was born at Lowestoft in 1894, a son of Henry George and Esther Emma Coleman. He was baptised at Saint Margaret's Church on 9 November 1894 and his family lived at 9 Jacob Street and this was still their home in 1901. By 1911 they had moved to 45 Haward Street, and Henry worked as a box maker. Later they lived at 58 Haward Street.

In May 1913 Henry enlisted in the 1/4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment at Lowestoft, service number 1732. He was mobilized when the war began and arrived in France on 8 November 1914 with the Battalion.   

Henry died of wounds on 13 August 1917. He is buried at Duisans and the cemetery there originated with burials associated with three Casualty Clearing Stations in the area. While we do not know when Henry received his fatal wound(s) the 7th Battalion War Diary shows that the Battalion was subject to a gas attack, near Beaurains, on 8 August and a Brigade attack on 9 August.