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Private WILLIAM EDWARD BATES

Service Number: 235543
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 October 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY

XXVII. E. 12.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Born in London. Son of Mrs. Mary Ann Bates, of 38, Well St., Holywell, Flints.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR SON WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 7481
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