Cole Thomas Frederick Lance Bombardier 14357142 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Cole Thomas Frederick
|Army number=14357142
|Rank=Lance Bombardier.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained. Born Polegate, Sussex.
|Age=(At time of death). Not yet known.
|Unit=Posted to the 143rd Field Regiment. Served Normandy and North West Europe. Killed in action 18/4/1945.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Details awaited.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None known beyond Lance Bombardier.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known, other than the injuries which caused his death.
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 18/4/1945 in Ede Netherlands. Buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, grave Plot 21.G.2.
|Home address=Married to Olive Kate Cole.
}}

Many of the Royal Artillery personnel pages have benefited from information drawn from the 1939-1945 RA Tracer Cards made available via Ancestry.co.uk

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 |Rank=Lance Bombardier.
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
-|Date of birth=Born 27/5/1914, Polegate, Sussex.  Mother's maiden surname Goddard.
+|Date of birth=Born 27/5/1914, Polegate, Sussex.  Mother's maiden surname Goddard.  Baptised at Eastbourne Christ Church 19/7/1914.
 |Age=30 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Conscripted into the General Staff Corps.  Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre.  Transferred to the Royal Artillery.  Initial postings not known - probably to a Training Regiment. Posted to the 143rd Field Regiment.  Served Normandy and North West Europe.  Died 18/4/1945.
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 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=DIED 18/4/1945 in Ede Netherlands, aged 30.  Cause of death not yet known.  Initially interred in Jonkerbosch Old Cemetery.  Located at Map reference 688592 on Map Sheet 5 1/100,000.  Re-buried 9/4/1947 in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, grave plot 21.G.2.  Headstone inscription reads "IN MEMORYS GARDEN WE MEET EVERY DAY.  HIS LOVING WIFE OLIVE,MUM DAD AND GEORGE".
-|Home address=Son of George Thomas Cole and Alice Maud Cole.  Husband of Olive Kate Maud Cole, who he married in July 1938.   Worked as a Carpenter.  At the time of the 1939 General Register he and his wife were living at 8, Coombe Road, Eastbourne.
+|Home address=Son of George Thomas Cole and Alice Maud Cole (nee Goddard).  Husband of Olive Kate Maud Cole (nee Muxworthy) (1913 - 1991), who he married in Eastbourne in July 1938.   Worked as a Carpenter.  At the time of the 1939 General Register he and his wife were living at 8, Coombe Road, Eastbourne.
 |Image Name=CWGC_Headstone_Cole.jpg
 |Image Title=CWGC Headstone for L/Bdr T F Cole

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 |Died/Killed in action=DIED 18/4/1945 in Ede Netherlands, aged 30.  Cause of death not yet known.  Initially interred in Jonkerbosch Old Cemetery.  Located at Map reference 688592 on Map Sheet 5 1/100,000.  Re-buried 9/4/1947 in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, grave plot 21.G.2.  Headstone inscription reads "IN MEMORYS GARDEN WE MEET EVERY DAY.  HIS LOVING WIFE OLIVE,MUM DAD AND GEORGE".
 |Home address=Son of George Thomas Cole and Alice Maud Cole.  Husband of Olive Kate Maud Cole, who he married in July 1938.   Worked as a Carpenter.  At the time of the 1939 General Register he and his wife were living at 8, Coombe Road, Eastbourne.
-|Image Name=
+|Image Name=CWGC_Headstone_Cole.jpg
 |Image Title=CWGC Headstone for L/Bdr T F Cole
 }}
 Many of the Royal Artillery personnel pages have benefited from information drawn from the 1939-1945 RA Tracer Cards made available via Ancestry.co.uk  However, it would appear that the Tracer Cards of casualties have been removed from the collection so postings, in Lance Bombardier Cole's case, cannot be verified.

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 |Rank=Lance Bombardier.
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
-|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.  Born Polegate, Sussex.
+|Date of birth=Born 27/5/1914, Polegate, Sussex.  Mother's maiden surname Goddard.
 |Age=30 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Conscripted into the General Staff Corps.  Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre.  Transferred to the Royal Artillery.  Posted to the 143rd Field Regiment.  Served Normandy and North West Europe.  Died 18/4/1945.
+|Unit=Conscripted into the General Staff Corps.  Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre.  Transferred to the Royal Artillery.  Initial postings not known - probably to a Training Regiment. Posted to the 143rd Field Regiment.  Served Normandy and North West Europe.  Died 18/4/1945.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
-|Task or role=Probably gun crew.
+|Task or role=Probably gun crew - confirmation required.
 |Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
 |Promotions=None known beyond Lance Bombardier.
 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=DIED 18/4/1945 in Ede Netherlands, aged 30.  Cause of death not yet known.  Initially interred in Jonkerbosch Old Cemetery.  Located at Map reference 688592 on Map Sheet 5 1/100,000.  Re-buried 9/4/1947 in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, grave plot 21.G.2.  Headstone inscription reads "IN MEMORYS GARDEN WE MEET EVERY DAY.  HIS LOVING WIFE OLIVE MUM DAD AND GEORGE".
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED 18/4/1945 in Ede Netherlands, aged 30.  Cause of death not yet known.  Initially interred in Jonkerbosch Old Cemetery.  Located at Map reference 688592 on Map Sheet 5 1/100,000.  Re-buried 9/4/1947 in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, grave plot 21.G.2.  Headstone inscription reads "IN MEMORYS GARDEN WE MEET EVERY DAY.  HIS LOVING WIFE OLIVE,MUM DAD AND GEORGE".
-|Home address=Son of George Thomas Cole and Alice Maud Cole.  Husband of Olive Kate Maud Cole.
+|Home address=Son of George Thomas Cole and Alice Maud Cole.  Husband of Olive Kate Maud Cole, who he married in July 1938.   Worked as a Carpenter.  At the time of the 1939 General Register he and his wife were living at 8, Coombe Road, Eastbourne.
 }}
-Many of the Royal Artillery personnel pages have benefited from information drawn from the 1939-1945 RA Tracer Cards made available via Ancestry.co.uk
+Many of the Royal Artillery personnel pages have benefited from information drawn from the 1939-1945 RA Tracer Cards made available via Ancestry.co.uk  However, it would appear that the Tracer Cards of casualties have been removed from the collection so postings, in Lance Bombardier Cole's case, cannot be verified.