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Sapper JOHN BATES

Service Number: 478149
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

456th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 18 October 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY

V. C. 9.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Minnie Bates, of 3, Bridge Street, Doncaster.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF THE BEST AND SAFE AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1615
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