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Rifleman BENJAMIN BATES

Service Number: 322638
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 April 1917

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XI. C. 26.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late James and Elizabeth Bates.
  • Personal Inscription LOVING THOUGHTS SHALL EVER LINGER AROUND THE SPOT WHERE THOU ART LAID
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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