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Private JOHN LEO YATES

Service Number: 3856081
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 May 1941

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY

5. C. 4.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Nellie Yates. of Chorley. Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription TO A BELOVED SON WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY AND THAT WE MIGHT LIVE

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Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 290
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