666 of 876 325454 Pte John George Coote MILITARY MEDAL 1st/1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment Died 22nd August 1918 age 34

Son of George and Rose Coote of 135 Uxbridge Road Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire and husband of Emily Gertrude Coote of Pink Cottage, Stackwood Green, Monks Eleigh, Ipswich

John had two brothers and two sisters Priscilla, Edmund, Emily Frederick

He left effects of £23 10s 0d to his widow Emily

Pte Coote was awarded the Military Medal for actions on11th October 1916. He was also ‘B’ Company stretcher bearer in St Eloi in 1915

Pte John George Coote Military Medal is remembered with honour at Meaulte Military Cemetery

Keith Wainwright