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Lance Corporal EDWARD BATES

Service Number: 62926
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 March 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STE. EMILIE VALLEY CEMETERY, VILLERS-FAUCON

IV. C. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Elsie M. Bates, of 6, Council Buildings, Mill Rd., Stokenchurch, Bucks.
  • Personal Inscription EVERYWHERE AND ALWAYS FAITHFUL
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Buried or commemorated at

STE. EMILIE VALLEY CEMETERY, VILLERS-FAUCON
Somme France
Number of casualties: 523
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