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Name Edward BATES   
Rank/Number Lance Corporal   62926
Regiment Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)   16th Battalion. Irish Division
Enlisted High Wycombe 
Age/Date of death 29      21 Mar 1918 
How died/Theatre of war Killed in action   France & Flanders
Last known address Stokenchurch 
Cemetery Ste Emilie Valley Cemetery, Villers-Faucon, Somme, France 
Grave or Memorial Reference IV.C.6 
Location of memorial Stokenchurch St Peter & St Paul
Date/Place of birth c1889      Stokenchurch
Date/Place of baptism  
Pre-war occupation of Casualty  
Parents Daniel & Rebecca Bates
Parent's occupation chairmaker - benchman
Parents' Address (last known) 1901: Stokenchurch 
Wife Elsie M Bates 
Wife's Address (last known) 6 Council Buildings, Mill Rd, Stokenchurch 
Notes formerly 5136 OBLI. Known as Ted. Stokenchurch Primitive Baptist Church and choirman. Awarded certificate for gallant conduct in the field 20 Nov 1917 

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