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Private HERBERT COATES

Service Number: 4691621
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 June 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

VI. F. 12.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Pte. Herbert Coates, Corps of Military Police, and of Henrietta Coates, of South Elmsall, Yorkshire. His father also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription FROM MEMORY'S PAGE WE'LL NEVER BLOT THREE LITTLE WORDS: "FORGET HIM NOT"
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 603
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