Driver T/330320 James Coffey
Regiment/Unit: Royal Army Service Corps - 532nd H.T. Coy.
Theatre of War: Home (Hornsea East Yorks)
Previous Reg/Num: 27553, Army Service Corps.
Age at death: 18
Date of death: 5th of February 1918
Born: Earlestown, Lancs
Resided: Earlestown, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Newton-Le-Willows SS Mary and John Roman Catholic - XII. 24.
Family details:
Son of Mr. Bernard Coffey, of 19, London Row, Vitrol Square, Earlestown.
Census details:
1901 - 2 years old James is living at 8 Shop Row, Earlestown with mother Jane (33) and three siblings: Mary (10), Teresa (7), Margaret (4). Also a the address are Janes sister Margaret A Warring (35) and nephew William Nolan (17). 1911 - Not found.
Notes:
James died from a fractured skull and neck after being dragged under the wheels of a horse and wagon.
James died from a fractured skull and neck after being dragged under the wheels of a horse and wagon.
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/T330320_James_Coffey.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Driver James Coffey at
Newton-Le-Willows (SS Mary & John) Roman Catholic.
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
