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Chief Cook JAMES GATES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy)

H.M.S. Engadine.

Date of Death

Died 27 March 1942

Age 49 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot 6B. Row P. Grave 18.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Annie Elizabeth Gates, of Liverpool; husband of Edith Gates, of Dingle, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription MY DEAR HUSBAND JIM. ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS. LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN
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