Geoffrey Coles
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| Born |
13 March 1871 Hastings, East Sussex, England | ||||||||||||
| Died |
27 January 1916 (aged 44) Festubert, France | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sports shooting | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Geoffrey Horsman Coles (13 March 1871 – 27 January 1916) was a British sport shooter who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
In the 1908 Olympics he won a bronze medal in the team pistol event and was 11th in the individual pistol event.
Coles was killed in action during the First World War, serving as a private with the Royal Fusiliers near Festubert.[2] He was buried at Brown's Road Military Cemetery nearby.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Sports Reference: Geoffrey Coles". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
- ↑ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ↑ Coles, Geoffrey Horsman, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Retrieved 1 March 2010
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