Roland Coates was born in 1952 (date suppressed)

Roland married Pamela Kay Tickle on Saturday 10 November 1973.

He had the following children from his marriage to Pamela Kay Tickle:

- Paul Norman Coates	born in 1974 (date suppressed).
- Gary Coates	born in 1976 (date suppressed).

Details of Roland's occupation are not known.