Walter Coulter

Walter McFarlane Coulter MC (1891 – 20 May 1917) was a Scottish amateur football right half who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[2]

Walter Coulter

Personal information
Full name	Walter McFarlane Coulter[1]
Date of birth	1891
Place of birth	Frederiksted, Danish West Indies[2]
Date of death	20 May 1917 (aged 25–26)[1]
Place of death	Croisilles, France[2]
Playing position(s)	Right half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1912–1915	Queen's Park	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Coulter grew up in the Danish West Indies, the son of a sugarcane planter and was sent to live in Scotland in 1894.[2] He was educated at Thornliebank School, the High School of Glasgow and the Royal College of Science and Technology.[2] After leaving school, Coulter served an engineering apprenticeship and prior to the First World War, he worked in the drawing office at Fairfield Shipyard.[2] Coulter served as a captain in the Highland Light Infantry during the First World War and was killed in an attack on Croisilles on 20 May 1917.[2] Two months previously, he had won the Military Cross for "conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty".[3] Coulter is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.[1]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Queen's Park	1913–14[4]	Scottish First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
Career total			1	0	0	0	1	0

References

1. "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
2. Ellsworth, Fred. "Queens Park in the Front Line 1914–1918" (PDF). pp. 2–4, 6. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
3. "Walter McFarlane Coulter | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Retrieved 16 September 2016.
4. "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 16 September 2016.