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Lieutenant STANLEY KNIGHT BATES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 May 1915

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AEROPLANE CEMETERY

II. B. 41.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lt. Col. John Henry Bates, T.D., 1st/5th Bn. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt., and Sarah Eleanor Bates, of Fir Bank, Penrith, Cumberland. Gazetted 10th Aug., 1914, from Royal Lancaster Grammar School Cadet Corps. Native of Morecambe, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription SON OF LIEUT-COL.BATES PENRITH (KING'S OWN) AND SARAH ELEANOR HIS WIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

AEROPLANE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1105
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