In Memory Of

COLTMAN, RICHARD LESTER

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 1895-04-16
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit 2:
 attd. 2nd Coy. Machine Gun Guards
Regiment:
 Coldstream Guards
Date of Death:
 1917-11-27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at La Folie Wood
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 2.
Cemetery:
 CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL
Localitly:
 Nord
Country:
 France
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