Coles was also a British bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s as part of an RAF team.

[1] After the war he became a Staff Officer at the Air Ministry before joining the Central Flying School.

[1] His last appointment was as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Technical Training Command in 1966 before retiring in 1968.

[2] In retirement he became President of the Not Forgotten Association[3] and Controller of the RAF Benevolent Fund.

[4] At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, he finished fifth in the two-man and seventh in the four-man events.