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Lance Bombardier ALFRED CATES

Service Number: 1044488
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

88 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 26 July 1943

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY

8. G. 47.

Thailand

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry William and Caroline Louisa Cates; husband of Emma Cates, of Epsom, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription SO YOUNG, SO KIND, SO BRIGHT, I BID YOU, MY DEAREST ONE, GOODNIGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand
Number of casualties: 6982
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