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Private WILLIAM BATES

Service Number: 14680720
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 June 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY

I. H. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard Henry and Florence Bates; husband of Emma Bates, of Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription FOR EVERYONE YOU DID YOUR BEST SLEEP ON, DEAR ONE, AND TAKE YOUR REST

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Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1221
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