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Rifleman HORACE EDWARD BATES

Service Number: 392299
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 April 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. F. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Elizabeth Bates, of Luton, Beds.
  • Personal Inscription -THE PROMISE IS NOT VAIN THAT THE MORN SHALL TEARLESS BE
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2106
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