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Gunner ERNEST BATES

Service Number: 1132044
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

61 Heavy Regt.

Date of Death

Died 17 December 1944

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY

VI. B. 26.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Susannah Bates, of Parkgate, Rotherham, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH HIS VOICE IS GONE HIS CHEERFUL SMILE LINGERS WITH US STILL
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Buried or commemorated at

RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 990
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