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Acting Bombardier JAMES OATES

Service Number: 5820
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

69th Bde. Ammunition Col.

Date of Death

Died 05 September 1915

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

H. 6.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jane Oates; husband of Alice Gilliver (formerly Oates), of 155, Central Drive, Blackpool.
  • Personal Inscription HE KNOWETH BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2865
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