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Private ERNEST EDGAR YEATES

Service Number: 5499901
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 May 1940

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY

F. 10.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Beryl Maud Yeates of Eastleigh, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription 'TIS SAD BUT TRUE, WE KNOW NOT WHY, THE BEST ARE ALWAYS THE FIRST TO DIE
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