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Private OSWALD COATES

Service Number: 4971804
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 February 1944

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

3. G. 2.

Myanmar

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Reuben and Ellen Coates, of Cheadle, Staffordshire; husband of Phyllis Coates, Of Cheadle.
  • Personal Inscription TO BE REMEMBERED BY THOSE HE LOVED, IS ALL HE WOULD HAVE ASKED. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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