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Able Seaman JAMES WILLIAM YATES

Service Number: R/4832
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Howe Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 31 December 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT

VII. D. 20.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James William and Sarah Ann Yates, of 17, Rope Walk, Congelton, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2045
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