Geoffrey Gordon Coates

The information on registered seafarers is not in all cases complete. As new sources are studied, information on engagements and medals etc. will be added to some of the already registered seafarers.

Date of birth

August 24, 1922

Date of death

October 1, 1943Årsak: War-related shipwreck

Parents

J. W. Coates (mor)

Gender

Male

Nationality

Great Britain

Birthplace

St. Yves, England

Place of living

1 East Str., St. Yves, Huntingdonshire, England

County

Utlandet

Service

Uteflåten 1940-1945

Rank

Matros / Skytter

Has sailed for shipping company

Haakon J. Wallem, Bergen

Maritime inquiries 1940 - 1945

• D/S Storviken, Torpedert

Other

• Participant in WW2

• Miscellaneous

  Londonregisteret:

  Registernummer under krigen: London 69701.

  I London-kort står det at Coates ble reddet etter krigsforlis med STORVIKEN, men dette er feil.

  Commonwealth War Graves Commission:

  Service Number C/JX 313508.

  Sources

  Rosendahl, Bjørn Tore (Red.) (2015) De var også krigsseilere. Omkomne utenlandske sjøfolk på norske skip under andre verdenskrig. Kristiansand: Stiftelsen Arkivet.

  RA/S-2081/F/Fe/Feb/L0006

  Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2466059/coates,-geoffrey-gordon/

• Engagement (1)
• Medals (0)