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Private SAMUEL THOMAS BATES

Service Number: 1728803
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 October 1944

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY

XVI, B, 4.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Ellen Bates; husband of G. E. Bates, of Alvaston, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1940
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