Coulthard Walter Laurence Cpl 4454701 - Revision history

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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Coulthard Walter Laurence
|Army number=4454701
|Rank=Cpl
|Age=21
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Iceland, DIED 24/7/1942.
|Died/Killed in action=24-Jul-42
|Home address=Son of Walter Ernest and Ellen Ann Coulthard, Durham. Buried Grave 831 Durham (St Giles) Churchyard.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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-File:HEADSTONE_FIND_A_GRAVE_.png|800px|thumb|centre|Corporal Coulthard's headstone in St Giles' Churchyard, Durham.
+[[File:HEADSTONE_FIND_A_GRAVE_.png|800px|thumb|centre|Corporal Coulthard's headstone in St Giles' Churchyard, Durham.]]
 Corporal Coulthard's family history appears on the NEWMP "Every Name a Story" section and can be found  here https://www.newmp.org.uk/person/wl-coulthard-1942/

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-File:HEADSTONE_FIND_A_GRAVE_.png800px|thumb|centre|Corporal Coulthard's headstone in St Giles' Churchyard, Durham.
+File:HEADSTONE_FIND_A_GRAVE_.png|800px|thumb|centre|Corporal Coulthard's headstone in St Giles' Churchyard, Durham.
 Corporal Coulthard's family history appears on the NEWMP "Every Name a Story" section and can be found  here https://www.newmp.org.uk/person/wl-coulthard-1942/

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 }}
-File:HEADSTONE_FIND_A_GRAVE_.png800px|thub|centre|Corporal Coulthard's headstone in St Giles' Churchyard, Durham.
+File:HEADSTONE_FIND_A_GRAVE_.png800px|thumb|centre|Corporal Coulthard's headstone in St Giles' Churchyard, Durham.
 Corporal Coulthard's family history appears on the NEWMP "Every Name a Story" section and can be found  here https://www.newmp.org.uk/person/wl-coulthard-1942/

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 |Wounded=Not as far as is known, other than his fatal injuries in the accident.
 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=Died as the result of a road accident 24-Jul-42. Buried in Grave 831 Durham (St Giles) Churchyard.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died as the result of a road accident 24-Jul-42. Buried in Grave 831 Durham (St Giles) Churchyard.  A photograph of his headstone is displayed below.
 |Home address=Resident of Durham City.  Son of Walter Ernest and Ellen Ann Coulthard, Durham.
 |Image Name=Coulthard_Cpl_4454701.jpg
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 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Army number=4454701
 |Rank=Corporal.
-|Date of birth=Born Durham City 1920/21.
+|Date of birth=Born Durham City, birth registered Quarter 1 1921.  Mother's maiden surname Middleton.
 |Age=21 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date but almost certainly early 1939.  Posted 8th Battalion DLI.  Posted 11th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939 on embodiment.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France?  Served Iceland.  DIED 24/7/1942 in the UK, as a result of an accident involving a recreational transport truck.
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 |Wounded=Not as far as is known, other than his fatal injuries in the accident.
 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=24-Jul-42. Buried Grave 831 Durham (St Giles) Churchyard.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died as the result of a road accident 24-Jul-42. Buried in Grave 831 Durham (St Giles) Churchyard.
 |Home address=Resident of Durham City.  Son of Walter Ernest and Ellen Ann Coulthard, Durham.
 |Image Name=Coulthard_Cpl_4454701.jpg

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 |Date of birth=Born Durham City 1920/21.
 |Age=21 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date but almost certainly early 1939.  Posted 8th Battalion DLI.  Posted 11th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939 on embodiment.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France?  Served Iceland.  DIED 24/7/1942 in the UK, probably as a result of the accident involving a recreational transport truck.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date but almost certainly early 1939.  Posted 8th Battalion DLI.  Posted 11th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939 on embodiment.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France?  Served Iceland.  DIED 24/7/1942 in the UK, as a result of an accident involving a recreational transport truck.
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Company/Battery=Companynot known.
+|Company/Battery=Company not yet known.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
 |Task or role=Not known but probably Rifle Section Commander.
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 |Died/Killed in action=24-Jul-42. Buried Grave 831 Durham (St Giles) Churchyard.
 |Home address=Resident of Durham City.  Son of Walter Ernest and Ellen Ann Coulthard, Durham.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Army number=4454701
 |Rank=Cpl
 |Age=21
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Iceland, DIED 24/7/1942.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date but almost certainly early 1939.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Posted 11th Bn DLI.  Served ? BEF. Served Iceland.  DIED 24/7/1942 in the UK, probably as a result of the accident involving a recreational transport truck.
 |Died/Killed in action=24-Jul-42
-|Home address=Son of Walter Ernest and Ellen Ann Coulthard, Durham.  Buried Grave 831 Durham (St Giles) Churchyard.
+|Home address=Resident of Durham City.  Son of Walter Ernest and Ellen Ann Coulthard, Durham.  Buried Grave 831 Durham (St Giles) Churchyard.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}