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Lance Corporal JOHN COATES

Service Number: 17496
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

Date of Death

Died 09 May 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY

O. 65.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Ada Coates, of Priory Cottage, Newton, Castleford, Yorks. His brother William also fell. Native of Ledsham, South Milford.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN HIS REWARD IS SURE
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Buried or commemorated at

JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 2540
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