Cemetery: Tyne Cot Memorial
Country: Belgium
Area: West-Vlaanderen
Rank: Captain
Force: Army
Official Number:
Unit: General List attd. 1st/8th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
Country of Service: British
Details: M C 9th October 1917. Age 36. Son of Col. Charles Frederick La Coste (R.M.L.I.) and Margaret Mary Ann Banks his wife; husband of Grace La Coste (nee Neilson) of Philadelphia U.S.A. and of Manor House Shottermill Haslemere Surrey. Educated at Wellington College Sandhurst. Commissioned Royal Warwickshire Regt. (retired 1905). Rejoined from South America Sept. 1914; Staff Capt. 57th Bde. 1915; Bde. Major Chisledon Nov. 1916. Returned to France June 1917. Panel 161.
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