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Gunner WILLIAM YATES

Service Number: 995425
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

111 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 10 December 1942

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY

2. A. 10.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Sarah Sophie Yates; husband of Elsie Yates, of Crossflats, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription WILLIAM. A VERY DEAR HUSBAND. MEMORIES TREASURED BY HIS WIFE AND SON
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Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1240
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