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Guardsman DOUGLAS JAMES GATES

Service Number: 2624121
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 January 1945

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY

I. A. 15.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Reginald and Gertrude May Gates, of Sway, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY'S GARDEN WE MEET EVERY DAY. MUM AND DAD BROTHERS AND SWEETHEART
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Buried or commemorated at

LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Limburg (Belgium) Belgium
Number of casualties: 800
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