History while in the forces
Mar 1915: went to France with 6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire RegimentMay 1915: bruised by piece of high explosive
Jun 1915: gassed
Feb 1916: promoted Corporal
Apr 1916: promoted Sergeant
Feb 1916: buried in dug-out for 3 and a half hours after French mortar bombardment
20 Dec 1916: transferred to Heavy branch, Machine Gun Corps
09 Mar 1917: wounded in chest, arms and legs and left leg amputated
May 1919: returned to Six Ways, Aston branch
- Surname
- Coaling
- Forename
- Arthur George
- Service number
- 75302
- Rating or rank
- Sergeant
- Regiment or Other Unit
- Heavy Branch Machine Gun Corps
- Branch
- Aston Street, Birmingham
- Date of Birth
- 20 Aug 1894
- Date of birth
- 1894
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- Oct 1910
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- 09 Feb 1911
