Private Sidney Albert Coe

Rank or Title

Date of Birth

1886

Date of Death

27 Jul 1917

Media files and documents

War time / or Pre War occupation

Clerk

Employer

Howe and Byfield Coal Merchants

Service Number

G/92562

Place of Birth

Stopsley
Luton
United Kingdom

World War I Address

40 chiltern Rise
Luton
LU1 5HF
United Kingdom

Place of Death

Hopton-on-Sea
United Kingdom

Grave Location

62 Rothesay Road
Luton
LU1 1RB
United Kingdom

War Memorial Location

Luton ward

Soldier or Civilian

  • Soldier

Private Sidney Albert Coe, was the eldest son of Richard and Mary-Ann Coe. He was born in 1886 in Stopsley, and worked as the Clerk for Messer’s Howe and Byfield Coal Merchants on King Street.

The nature of his death is unusual for a military casualty being that he drowned whilst swimming in the sea at 11:30 AM on 28th July 1917, at Hopton on the UK East Coast. Two men from the company tried their best to rescue him, but he was taken by the sea, and his body recovered the next day after a search by Navy inshore boats.

Private Coe was well known in football circles, being secretary of the Celtic Club, and had been a recipient of a medal for his skills as a footballer.

Individual Location

Author: David

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