Sergeant WILLIAM JOHN BATES
Service Number: 567448
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Air Force
42 Sqdn.
Date of Death
Died 21 June 1940
Age 21 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of John and Hilda Alice Bates, of Porchester, Fareham, Hampshire. His brother Raymond Leonard also fell.
- Personal Inscription "ONE OF THE FEW"
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