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Private WILLIAM EDGAR YATES

Service Number: 17367
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 September 1915

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA BRIQUE MILITARY CEMETERY NO.2

I. O. 37.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Agnes Fryer (formerly Yates), of 177, Ladypool Rd., Sparkbrook, Birmingham, and the late William Yates. Native of Colton, Rugeley.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

LA BRIQUE MILITARY CEMETERY NO.2
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 840
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