We remember William Valentine Coombs

We remember William Valentine Coombs

Timeline

Timeline

birth Lindfield, Sussex United Kingdom Source:9112418
1911
employment Postman General Post Office London United Kingdom Source:9112415 April 1911
1911
location 37 Field Road, Kensington, South West London United Kingdom parents address Source:9112415 April 1911
1917
enlistment Kensington, South West London United Kingdom Source:9112418 1917
1917
service British Army Rifleman 375522 London Regiment 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:9112417 1917 - 30th October 1917
employment Postal Staff General Post Office South Kensington, South West London United Kingdom Source:9132389
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:9112418
location Fulham. South West London United Kingdom Source:9112418
1917
death Killed in Action Passchendaele, West-Vlaanderen Belgium Source:9112417 Source:9112418 30th October 1917
burial Cement House Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial West-Vlaanderen Belgium Source:9112417

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names William Valentine
Initials WV
Last Name Coombs
Source 9112417
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
37 Field Road, Kensington, South West London United Kingdom parents address known April 1911
Fulham. South West London United Kingdom
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 375522 London Regiment 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Rifleman
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Henry Coombs father

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Valerie34433
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Valerie34433
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Valerie34433

External Evidence

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London - South Kensington War Memorial Valerie34433

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