Service Details
Name:
 COLTMAN
Given Name:
 RICHARD LESTER
Initials:
 R L
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Coldstream Guards
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Unit 2:
 attd. 2nd Coy. Machine Gun Guards
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Date of Death:
 1917-11-27
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Date of Birth:
 1895-04-16
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at La Folie Wood
Additional
Information:
Son of Walter John and Ethel Matilda Coltman, of Johannesburg, South Africa. Born London. Educated at King Edward's School, Johannesburg, Potchefstroom Agricultural College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in each of which institutions he gained scholarships. Passed Natural Science Tripos with double honours before joining the Army and gained further scholarships which he did not live to take advantage of. Previously wounded at Ypres in July, 1917. Commemorated on brother's headstone in Johannesburg (Braamfontein) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Nord
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Cemetery:
 CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 2.

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