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Private WILLIAM BATES

Service Number: 537239
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRAY HILL BRITISH CEMETERY, BRAY-SUR-SOMME

I. A. 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 12th Bn. London Regiment (The Rangers)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of J. T. and Mary Bates, of 3, Lake View, Wingate, Co. Durham. Native of Ryhope.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE A BOY'S FAITH AND ZEAL AND A MAN'S COURAGE AND SACRIFICE
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Buried or commemorated at

BRAY HILL BRITISH CEMETERY, BRAY-SUR-SOMME
Somme France
Number of casualties: 104
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