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Private WILLIAM JOHNSON YATES

Service Number: 51172
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 August 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SANDPITS BRITISH CEMETERY, FOUQUEREUIL

III. G. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Only son of Alice Maude Yates and the late Joseph Yates, of Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription THE ONLY BELOVED SON OF JOSEPH & ALICE YATES HE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

SANDPITS BRITISH CEMETERY, FOUQUEREUIL
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 394
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