COATES, Joseph

166986 Gnr R G A.  (DC. 7/9/1918; listed as L/Cpl., R.G.A. of Hathersage ’been home on leave’).  b 1885 Ashbourne.  He may have been the local policeman. Joseph Coates seemed to have served all over Derbyshire but some correspondence was sent to the Police Station Bamford.