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Private JOHN WILLIAM YATES

Service Number: 3527815
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 December 1939

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEIGH CEMETERY

Sec. 36. Grave M. 29.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Harriett Yates, of Leigh.
  • Personal Inscription WHEN HIS LIFE WAS BRIGHTEST HE DID NOT SHIRK THE TEST HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ENGLAND WHEN HIS HOPES WERE BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

LEIGH CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 105
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