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Private W J COATES

Service Number: 145728
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

38th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTALMAISON CHATEAU CEMETERY

I. C. 27.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Francis and Catharina Coates, of 11, Railway Cottages, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Native of Hetton-le-Hole.
  • Personal Inscription EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS FATHER, MOTHER SISTERS AND BROTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTALMAISON CHATEAU CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 289
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