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Private JAMES WILLIE BATES

Service Number: 9/11835
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 December 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY

I. B. 42.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lineas and Emma Bates, of 10, Steep Lane, Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF THE FIRST TO ANSWER THE CALL MEMORY CLINGS TO BYGONE HAPPY DAYS
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Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2614
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