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Is there any documentary backup to support the suggestion that he served in the Boer War - or in the forces at all?

There was an Archibald in the boar war but not Archibald Scott

Archibald
Last name Coulson
Service number 8930
Rank Private
Regiment 2 Volunteer Battalion The Northumberland Fusiliers
Other regiments/units served with 1 The Northumberland Fusiliers,Private
Year 1899-1902
Biography -
Memorials Memorial. Northumbrian Regiments, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear, England; Cathedral. Plaque. Northumberland & Durham Vols, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear, England
Event detail Wounded on 07/03/1902 at De Klipdrift (Official casualty roll location: Klip Drift)
Event unit 1 Battalion The Northumberland Fusiliers

SAFF
Second event unit 1 Battalion The Northumberland Fusiliers
Second event detail Wounds - Died on 15/03/1902 at Mafeking (Official casualty roll location: Not stated)
Second event source SAFF

So he died from his wounds

Dates for second boar war

11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902


He married in 1899 and had two children by 1902 so unlikely he was in the boar war


COULSON, HILDA GARVEN
GRO Reference: 1902 M Quarter in GATESHEAD Volume 10A Page 992
COULSON, WINIFRED GARVEN
GRO Reference: 1900 J Quarter in GATESHEAD Volume 10A Page 976

Still the same occ in 1891

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Ravensworth Road, Whickham, Gateshead, Durham, England


name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Thomas Coulson Head Widower Male 45 1846 Sawyer Hexham, Northumberland, England
Kate Coulson Daughter Single Female 21 1870 House Keeper Dunston, Durham, England
Archibald S Coulson Son Single Male 18 1873 Solicitors Clerk Dunston, Durham, England
Thomas Coulson Son Single Male 17 1874 Postman Dunston, Durham, England
Jane S Coulson Daughter - Female 10 1881 - Dunston, Durham, England

He wasn’t in the forces on 1901


1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census
87, Westminster Street, Gateshead, Durham, England


Archibald S Coulson Head Married Male 28 1873 Solicitor Clerk Dunston, Durham, England
Alice Coulson Wife Married Female 30 1871 - Scotland
Winifred Coulson Daughter - Female 0 1901 - Gateshead

I got my grandfathers army record for the national archives

He and a brother both served in the second boar war

I got both of them


They also had passed before ww1

Thanks Erica. We did wonder about that :-)
We were led to believe he was in the Boer War which was earlier.

Please could you tell me where I would find this info.? ;-)

If he served, and his records survived, they will be online,. Born in 1872, he’d have been quite old even for WW1. Only about 30% of WW1 records exist

Thanks Kay that's brilliant!!

:-D :-D :-D

added, Cas,

Is by any chance the full address available as we are hoping to order his army records

;-)

Thank you Kay!

:-D

Wales Register

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Name: Archibald S Coulson
Gender: Male
Marital status: Widowed
Birth Date: 24 Oct 1872
Residence Year: 1939
Address: 47
Residence Place: Huddersfield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England
Occupation: Solicitors Clerks (Unemployed)
Line Number: 42
Schedule Number: 215
Sub Schedule Number: 4
Enumeration District: KFIB
Borough: Huddersfield
Registration District: 495/8
Household Members:
Name
Thomas S G Coulson,---born 11th April 1904,
Mary E Coulson,,born 12th Jan 1909.......

husband and wife.?

This record is officially closed,,--,,a child .?
.
Archibald S Coulson.

Eliza Mills----is a widow and born 1863,

living at 47 Thornleigh Road.

Hello
1939 register. Would anyone please be able to tell me the address and co occupants of

Archibald Scott Coulson b1872 Gateshead. Died 1947 Huddersfield and his exact DOB

He had been married to an Alice (need Garvin)

Many thanks
Cassie :-)