Gunner WILLIAM HENRY OATES
Service Number: 1427215
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Artillery
2 bty., 6 A.A. Regt.
Date of Death
Died 06 June 1940
Age 23 years old
Buried or commemorated at
Div. 3. Sec. Y.2. R.C. Joint grave 96.
United Kingdom
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of William and Hannah Oates, of Bolton.
- Personal Inscription THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE: DUTY NOBLY DONE
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