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Private Herbert Coates was born in Beverley in 1897, part of a family of 12 surviving children (six boys and six girls). He attended Minster Boys school and joined the 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (Territorials) in 1915.
The 5th battalion were part of the 50th Northumbrian Division who went to France in Apr 1915. They took part in the second Battles of Ypres, the Battles of the Somme, the Aras Offensives, Passchendaele and the third Battle of Ypres. On demobilisation he was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Herbert married Florence Lusby at Beverley Minster on Christmas Eve 1921. A daughter Jennie was born in 1922. At the time of his marriage Herbert was a blacksmith living on Grovehill Road, Beverley. Herbert died in 1969 and Florence died in 1984.
He was commemorated amongst 136 names on the Grovehill Road Roll of Honour. The list of 136 men were recorded in the Beverley Guardian in Mar 1917. A photograph of the surviving men from this regiment appeared in the Beverley Guardian in Apr 1922 when a branch of the Green Howards Association was formed in Beverley
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