Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private A. R. Coleman, Essex Regiment, who was killed in action at the Battle of Krithia, Gallipoli, on 28 April 1915

1914-15 Star (8668 Pte. A. R. Coleman. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (8668 Pte. A. R. Coleman. Essex R.); Memorial Plaque (Albert Robert Coleman) in card envelope, good very fine (4) £200-£240

Albert Robert Coleman, from Custom House, Essex, was born in 1890 in West Ham. He attested into the Essex Regiment for service during the Great War and served with the 1st Battalion at Gallipoli from the first day of the campaign, 25 April 1915, when they landed at ‘W’ Beach, Cape Helles. He was killed four days later during the Battle of Krithia; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.

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