W. Coleman
Epithet: First World War sailor
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Sailor. 'H.M.S. Snaefell. Water tender. Reported July 2. Family moved in from Coronation Terr. Ship en route for Dardanelles. With submarines etc under escort of "Diana" Dec. 14. As above. Nov. 1916 as before Apr. 1917. as before Oct. as before. Ship torpedoed June 5. 1918. Killed. R.C (Roman Catholic).' Note: Died aged 28. Greaser. Son of William and Susan Coleman of 33 Nelson Street, Douglas according to roll-of-honour.com (Isle of Man database). (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/4)
External sources: 19 Hope Street