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Sapper WILLIAM JOSEPH COATS

Service Number: 2192496
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died Between 16 April 1941 and 17 April 1941

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARROW-IN-FURNESS (THORNCLIFFE) CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM

Sec. 10. C. of E. Grave 947.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Coats, of Barrow-in-Furness. Ramsbottom Webb Scholar at Manchester.
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Buried or commemorated at

BARROW-IN-FURNESS (THORNCLIFFE) CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 205
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