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Sapper JOHN THOMAS BATES

Service Number: 1860907
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 06 June 1940

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHRISTCHURCH CEMETERY

Sec. X. (Uncons. New). Grave 13.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Hilda May Bates, of Christchurch.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

CHRISTCHURCH CEMETERY
Hampshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 54
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