Geoffrey Coles facts for kids
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| Born | 13 March 1871 Hastings, East Sussex, England |
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| Died | 27 January 1916 (aged 44) Festubert, France |
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| Sport | Sports shooting | |||||||||||||
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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.
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. He was buried at Brown's Road Military Cemetery nearby.
See also
- List of Olympians killed in World War I
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