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Lance Corporal WILLIAM COATES

Service Number: 3/11860
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 December 1915

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

II. B. 17A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Brother of Fred Coates, of 1051, Harrogate Rd., Apperley Bridge, Bradford, Yorks.
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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