Private ROBERT JAMES BATES
Service Number: 5143
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Date of Death
Died 05 December 1916
Age 22 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Frederick and Emily Bates, of Hemel Hempstead, Herts.
- Personal Inscription HE SACRIFICED HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE A BETTER ONE REST IN PEACE
- N.B. Recent research has shown Private Bates is buried here. The Commission is now in the process of producing a headstone to mark his grave.
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