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Serjeant WILLIAM B. COATES

Service Number: 477
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

1st/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 April 1915

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL)

XIII. A. 7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Margaret Coates, of 38, Robinson St., Houghton-le-Spring; husband of Elizabeth Coates, of 24, Chester St., Grasswell, Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham.
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Buried or commemorated at

PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL)
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2798
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