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Gunner WILLIAM THOMAS BATES

Service Number: 1521162
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

373 Bty., 43 (5th Bn. The Duke of Wellington's Regt. [West Riding]) Searchlight Regt.

Date of Death

Died 03 April 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EAST HAM (ST. MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD

Memorial Plaque

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William John and Lily Bates, of East Ham.
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Buried or commemorated at

EAST HAM (ST. MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD
Essex United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 60
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