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Commander (S) WILLIAM YATES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Curlew

Date of Death

Died 26 May 1940

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

Panel 36, Column 2.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Walter Charles and Emily Maud Yates; husband of Helena Constance Yates, of Horndean, Hampshire.
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