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Sergeant JOHN ESPREY BATES

Service Number: 1479898
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

156 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 31 March 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 27. A. 1-6.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert Henry and Agness Bates, of Dublin, Irish Republic.
  • Personal Inscription HIS WISH WAS GRANTED, HIS DUTY DONE. LORD, HAVE MERCY ON OUR BELOVED SON
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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