Personal Details

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Nationality British
Date of Birth 22 March 1868
Place of Birth Stoke-On-Trent, Satffordshire, England
Veterinary College and Date of Graduation London - May 1889

Military Service

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Last Rank Major
Regiment/Service Army Veterinary Corps
Secondary Regiment 59th Divison Deputy Director Veterinary Services
Secondary Unit
First Theatre of War France 24 February 1917

Casualty Details

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Date of Death 03 October 1917
Age at Death 49
Place of Death Rouen, France
Cause of Death Injuries sustained when he fell from horse

Cemetery

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Cemetery St.Sever Cemetery
Location Rouen, France
Grave Reference Officer B.4.13
Commonwealth War Grave Yes - CWGC Headstone
Emblem or Badge on Headstone Army Veterinary Corps

Honours and Memorials

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Name on RCVS Honour Board Yes
Name In Officers who died in Great War Yes
Medals and Awards
  • British War Medal 1914-1918
  • Victory Medal

Biography

Major Joseph William Coe FRCVS, born 22 March 1888 in Stoke on Trent, England, was Deputy Assistant Director of Veterinary Services attached to the 59th Army Veterinary Corps and died on active service at Rouen, France, on 21 October 1917, aged 49.

He is buried in St.Sever Cemetery Rouen France.

Major Coe’s death and obituary are recorded in two issues of The Veterinary Record.