Family Search: When Private William Frank Coles was born on 3 October 1889, in Southsea, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William James Coles, was 30 and his mother, Sarah Louisa Bray, was 28. He married Rosina Ethel Townsend in 1908, in Ringwood, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. He lived in St Mary’s Church, Portsea, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Kent, Georgian Highlands, Grey, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1940, his occupation is listed as ontario steel in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada. He died on 16 May 1966, in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 76, and was buried in Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatham, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.
Enlisted and served with his brother, Frederick John Coles, reg. no. 880045.
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History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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