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