Coulthard Walter Laurence Cpl 4454701
From 70 Brigade
Personnel Entry
Name Coulthard Walter Laurence
Army number 4454701
Rank Cpl
Decorations
Date of birth Born Durham City 1920/21.
Age 21
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.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 24-Jul-42
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