William Coleman was born in Aughnacloy, County Tyrone. William Coleman enlisted in Comber, County Down. Rifleman William Coleman was serving with the 13th Battalion of Royal Irish Rifles when he was killed in action in France in 16 August 1917. Rifleman William Coleman is also commemorated on Comber War Memorial.
Further Information
William Coleman was born in Aughnacloy, County Tyrone about 1891. However, there does not seem to be a GRONI record of this.
The 1901 census lists William as age 10, living at the Olivet Boarding School in Ballygowan. County Down. The home was an orphanage.
The 1911 census lists William as age 20, living at house 2 in Ballyloughan, Comber, Down. He was a farm servant, working for Joseph and Mary Berkeley.
William Coleman enlisted in Comber, County Down.
Rifleman William Coleman arrived in France on 3rd October 1915.
Rifleman William Coleman was serving with the 13th Battalion of Royal Irish Rifles when he was killed in action in France in 16th August 1917.
Initially he had no known grave but in 1921 his body was found, exhumed and reinterred. His remains were identified by means of his identity disc.
Rifleman William Coleman is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium.
Rifleman William Coleman is commemorated on Comber War Memorial and on the WW1 Roll of Honour in Second Comber Presbyterian Church.
