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Flight Sergeant JAMES SAMUEL YATES

Service Number: 1294124
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

185 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 12 May 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

I. K. 50.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank and Ruth Edna Yates, of Tadworth, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription AND LIFE IS ALL THE SWEETER THAT HE LIVED AND HEAVEN ALL THE HAPPIER THAT HE'S THERE
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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