Name William Arthur BATES (d)  
Rank/Number Sergeant  / 8185
Regiment/Unit Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry / 1st Battalion
Enlisted High Wycombe 
Age/Date of death 28 / 24 Sep 1916 
How died/Theatre of war Died / Mesopotamia
Residence at death  
Cemetery Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq 
Grave Reference XXI.J.23 
Location of memorial High Wycombe Hospital 
Date/Place of birth c1888 / High Wycombe
Date/Place of baptism  
Occupation of Casualty  
Parents/Occupation William George & Emma Bates / chair back maker
Parents' Address 101 West Wycombe Rd, High Wycombe 
Wife  
Wife's Address  
Notes brother of Gilbert Bates. Died as a Turkish POW. Captured at Kut al Amara