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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JOHN OATES

Service Number: 613
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Signal Coy. 1st/1st (London) Div.

Date of Death

Died 03 July 1915

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LANCASHIRE LANDING CEMETERY

F. 57.

Turkey (including Gallipoli)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and May Mary Ann Verlinia Oates, of 36, Medhurst Rd., Grove Rd., Bow, London. Born at Bethnal Green, London.
  • Personal Inscription FROM OUR HAPPY HOME & CIRCLE GOD HAS TAKEN ONE WE LOVED
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Buried or commemorated at

LANCASHIRE LANDING CEMETERY
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Number of casualties: 1254
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