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Private RICHARD EDWIN OLIVER BATES

Service Number: 40571
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Middlesex Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STE. CATHERINE BRITISH CEMETERY

H. 29.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Annie Bates, of "Ivydene," Hayes End, Hayes, Middx., and the late Richard Bates.
  • Personal Inscription HE CHANGED HIS LAUREL FOR A CROWN OF GLORY
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Buried or commemorated at

STE. CATHERINE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 350
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