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Corporal WILLIAM YATES

Service Number: 21857
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Pioneer Corps

Date of Death

Died 30 June 1945

Buried or commemorated at

PADIHAM (ST. LEONARD) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

Row 8. Div. 6. Grave 19A.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Gilbert and Catherine Yates; husband of Alma Yates, of Padiham.
  • Personal Inscription NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

PADIHAM (ST. LEONARD) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 23
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