Current Information:

Age-19

11, Field Road, High Street, Walthamstow

Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France

Joseph Coleman died from wounds on 29th March, 1915, after having been sent to a base hospital on the coast, but as yet there is no information as to when and where he was wounded. The 1st Dorset battalion was part of 15 Brigade, 5th Division, that had been on the Western Front since the start of the war in August, 1914. In March, 1915 they were holding the line at Ypres.