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Serjeant OLIVER BATES

Service Number: 2506
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

"A" Coy. 1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 August 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot E. Row 4. Grave 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Oliver and Clara Bates, of 63, Beaconsfield Road, Stoke, Coventry.
  • Personal Inscription TOO FAR AWAY FOR SIGHT OR SPEECH BUT NOT TOO FAR FOR THOUGHT TO REACH
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Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 943
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