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Sergeant JAMES DENNIS BATES

Service Number: 1301762
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

218 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LYON (LA DOUA) FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY

Row A. Grave 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Thomas Bates and Gladys Eileen Bates, of Oakengates, Shropshire.
  • Personal Inscription THEIRS WAS THE ANSWER SPLENDID TO ALL OUR FEARS. THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES
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Buried or commemorated at

LYON (LA DOUA) FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Rhone France
Number of casualties: 39
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