Geoffrey Coles

Geoffrey Coles

Personal information
Born	(1871-03-13)13 March 1871 Hastings, East Sussex, England
Died	27 January 1916(1916-01-27) (aged 44) Festubert, France
Sport
Sport	Sports shooting
Medal record Men's shooting Representing  United Kingdom Olympic Games 1908 London Team pistol

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.[2]

Coles was killed in action during the First World War, serving as a private with the Royal Fusiliers near Festubert.[3] He was buried at Brown's Road Military Cemetery nearby.[4]

See also

• List of Olympians killed in World War I

References

1. "Sports Reference: Geoffrey Coles". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
2. "Geoffrey Coles". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
3. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
4. Coles, Geoffrey Horsman, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Retrieved 1 March 2010

External links

• profile
• Geoffrey Coles at Olympedia