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Guardsman OSWALD JAMES KEATES

Service Number: 2665476
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 November 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY

IV, F, 13.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William James Keates and Doris Nellie Irene Keates; grandson of Mrs. L. Carter, of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
  • Personal Inscription SAY NOT GOOD NIGHT BUT IN A FAIRER CLIME BID ME GOOD MORNING
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Buried or commemorated at

MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2049
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