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Sapper FRANCIS WILLIAM COATES

Service Number: 2161947
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

968 Port Maint. Coy.

Date of Death

Died 16 December 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY

V. D. 89.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Edward and May Coates, of West Hartlepool, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription WHATEVER THINGS WE FAIL TO DO, WE NEVER FAIL TO THINK OF YOU
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