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Serjeant W A BATES

Service Number: 8185
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

XXI. J. 23.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of W. G. and Emma Bates, of 101, West Wycombe Rd., High Wycombe, Bucks.
  • Personal Inscription ALTHOUGH HIS GRAVE WE CANNOT SEE WE HOLD HIM DEAR TO MEMORY
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 7420
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