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Chief Engineer Officer WILLIAM ALEXANDER GATES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Empire Trent (West Hartlepool).

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1943

Age 51 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOUTH SHIELDS (HARTON) CEMETERY

Sec. O. Grave 12018A.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter and Margaret Gates, of South Shields, husband of Adelaide O. Gates, of South Shields.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED HUSBAND OF ADELAIDE O. GATES. "HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE"
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