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Personal data

• Name COAR
• Initials ER
• First name EDWARD ROWLAND
• Place of birth Burnley
• Country Lancashire, England
• Last residence Southport
• Family Son of Fred and Kate Coar, of 61, Cedar St., Southport, Lancs; two sisters, Lilian and Kate
• Profession Cotton factory

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 7 September 1914
• Rank Second Lieutenant
• Regiment and unit 2nd Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
• Division - Brigade 24th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 8th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Attached or transferred from 7 Bn - King's Liverpool
• Other data related to military career To France in March 1915. Fought at Festubert, Loos, the Somme, Goudecourt, Delville Wood, Guillemont, Arras, ... Took up Lewis-gun service and was made lance-corporal and instructor; appointed Divisional Lewis gun Officer and Transport Officer.; also served in the Liverpool Regiment (n° 2502)

Death

• Type of wounds Died of shell wounds in the leg and arm, in n°3 Can CCS
• Date of death 8 January 1918
• Died at the age of 22
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVI - C - 5

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