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Private FRANCIS JAMES GATES

Service Number: 5732270
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 November 1944

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY

II. 34.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Francis James Gates and Lilian Maud Gates, of Jersey, Channel Islands; husband of Jeannette Gates.
  • Personal Inscription JIM. GOD'S GREATEST GIFT TO WOMAN, A LOVING SON AND BROTHER R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY
Limburg (Netherlands) Netherlands
Number of casualties: 328
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