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Rifleman WILLIAM GEORGE COATES

Service Number: 6919813
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 July 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

IX.E.9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of William and Florence Coates; husband of Elsie Edith Coates, of East Dulwich, London.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE FOREVER
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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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