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Lance Corporal NORMAN BATES

Service Number: 4399186
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 September 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY

VI. E. 44.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Ada Bates, of Tow Law, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription WE MAY GROW OLD AND WEARY, AT TIMES HAPPY, AT TIMES SAD; BUT BEYOND THE REACH OF TIME HE WILL ALWAYS BE "OUR LAD"
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Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1855
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