The following is the information provided by Dave Baker

I have been doing family history since 1990 and have quite a good memory of the past,  but I was only 8 when Christopher was killed, also my sister and I were evacuated for the first part of the war, but these are my memories.

Christopher Leonard Coleman.

Born April 1922 at 9 Upper Richmond Road SW 15.  To Frederick & Ada Emily Coleman.  (Ada Emily nee Almond) Christopher being the youngest of three children, from a baby the family lived at 103 Merton Road Wandsworth London, his parents lived there until their deaths.

1933-1939 He attended Wandsworth High School.

He joined the RAF and did most of his training in Canada

In Canada he got engaged to Margaret & I understood his Mother carried on corresponding with her for a number of years.

Christopher was a keen Rugby player playing for his school, he loved Deana Durban, and Jazz records

He is buried in Putney Vale Cemetery Stag Lane Putney Grave 334 Block ES next to the Crematorium. On 24 November 1942.

Christopher's Family :-

Father Frederick Coleman. Born December 25 1891 in Chelsea Died November 16 1969 in Wandsworth. Served in the first world war.
Mother Ada Emily nee Almond Born March 23 1894 in St Olave Rotherhide London. Died January 4 1971
They married February 21 1913

Siblings.
Frederick Charles Born May 2 1913. Served with the 8th Army second world war
Muriel Gladys Born April 5 1916 Died March 2005. Served in the WAFS second world war.

Dave's Mother was Ada Emily’s younger sister Doris Muriel Almond who married George Baker

An interesting co-incidence Dave once worked at Evershed and Vignoles as did my uncle, DAJ Holloway - the rear gunner.