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Guardsman FRANCIS YATES

Service Number: 2662863
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 July 1944

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

2. G. 19.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Francis Victor and Ellen Frances Yates; husband of Doris May Yates, of Wintringham, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription CHRIST WILL LINK THE BROKEN CHAIN WHEN IN HEAVEN WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1005
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