Basic Details
Surname
Bates
Forenames
George T
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
George Thomas
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the service and death details. Married, to Emily, and a member of this church's choir, he worked at a local dyeworks but was a Territorial so enlisted in August 1914. He caught Rheumatic Fever in December 1915, returning ton his unit in January 1917.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Ypres
Country of burial
Belgium
Town of burial
Ypres
Cemetery
Dunhallow Cemetery
Year of death
1917
Month of death
November
Day of death
16
Age at death
42
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds