Lieutenant RICHARD LESTER COLTMAN
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Coldstream Guards
Date of Death
Died 27 November 1917
Age 22 years old
- Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 2nd Coy. Machine Gun Guards
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Walter John and Ethel Matilda Coltman, of Johannesburg, South Africa. Born in London. Educated at King Edward's School, Johannesburg, Potchefstroom Agricultural College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in each of which institutions he gained scholarships. Passed Natural Science Tripos with double honours before joining the Army and gained further scholarships which he did not live to take advantage of. Previously wounded at Ypres in July, 1917.
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