History while in the forces
1916: since joining this Cavalry Regiment he has been trained as an Infantryman and now is a SignallerJan 1918: in France
Apr 1918: in hospital in England, wounded in the shoulder
1919: demobilised, returned to Bank
- Surname
- Coles
- Forename
- William Adkins
- Rating or rank
- Private
- Regiment or Other Unit
- Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Signalling Section
- Branch
- Rugby
- Date of Birth
- 31 May 1897
- Date of birth
- 1897
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- 04 Aug 1914
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- 29 May 1916
