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Private ERNEST SMITH YATES

Service Number: 6138152
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Norfolk Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1940

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION

VI. B. 8.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Eva Yates; husband of Lilian Irene Yates, of Surbiton, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription I OFT REPEAT YOUR NAME WHAT WOULD I GIVE TO SEE YOU SMILE AGAIN. LOVING WIFE LILIAN
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Buried or commemorated at

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Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 873
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