COAKLEY Richard William, Driver 46882, a Battery, 88th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery died 4th January 1919 aged 22. He was born on the 23rd October 1896 to William and Louisa nee Wade of 6 Chapel Street, New Eastwood Nottinghamshire. He is at rest in Eastwood Cemetery, Nottinghamshire.
Some notes from what remains of his army record -
He enlisted on the 23rd October 1915 at Ilkeston, Derbyshire aged 21 years. He lived at 6 Chapel Street, New Eastwood, Nottinghamshire and worked as a wire roper machinist for H Hudson and Langley Mill, Derbyshire wire rope maker. He embarked for France from Southampton on the 4th June 1916, disembarking the next day at Havre. On the 4th December 1915 he was admitted to 73rd Field Ambulance with Tuberculosis and on 12th November 1916 he was discharged to duty. On 14th March 1918 he was admitted to 2/3rd South Midland Field Ambulance with Pleurisy and was transferred the same day to 73rd General Hospital. 24th May 1918 he was invalided on Hospital Ship Guilford Castle to England suffering from Tuberculosis of Lung. On the 25th May he was admitted into Grove Military Hospital, Tooting Grove, London which dealt with
infectious diseases. He was on a medical board at the hospital on the 19th June 1918 and he was medically discharged on the 10th July 1918 as being physically unfit for war service. His complaint originated in March 1918 in France.
