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Private BENJAMIN BATES

Service Number: 4458578
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 November 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

Joint grave XVII. H. 8.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Benjamin and Eleanor Bates, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; husband of Margaret Cecilia Bates, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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