Name
George William Coote
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
13/11/1916
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Sergeant
19399
Bedfordshire Regiment
4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2 C.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Royston Town War Memorial, Not listed on the Hertfordshire Regimental, Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Wartime Service
He was originally a Corporal in “E” Company, the Hertfordshire Regiment, and transferred to the Bedfordshire Regiment in January 1915. He was promoted to Sergeant in January 1916 and was posted to France in July of that year.
He was killed on the closing day of the Battle of the Somme, after being shot in the head whilst leaving an attack on Beaumont Hamel.
Additional Information
George is also commemorated on his family’s grave in Royston Church Additional Burial Ground. His part of the inscription reads:
And of
SERGT. INSTR. GEORGE COOTE, SON OF THE ABOVE [Joseph & Susan Coote] KILLED IN ACTION BEAUMONT HAMEL, FRANCE,
NOVR. 13TH 1916 AGED 29 YEARS
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
