BATES J
- Nation UK
- Unit THE ROYAL NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS
- Service No. 4268914
- Rank SERGEANT
- Date of Death 03-Jan-51
- Location 33-4-11
- Grave No. 1739
Burial Story
Sgt Bates was from Hartlepool and had been a regular solider for 18 years. He had been captured at Dunkirk and was a POW for the remainder of the war. He served in Palestine after the Second World War for 5 years. He went to Korea in October 1950, and left a widow.
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