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Major WILLIAM BATES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

25th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 March 1916

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LOKER CHURCHYARD

I. E. 13.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Lydia Bates, of "Oakdene," Claughton, Cheshire, England.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

LOKER CHURCHYARD
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 215
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