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Private WILLIAM ALEXANDER COATES

Service Number: 25145
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Regiment

7th (South Irish Horse) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 March 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY

XVI. E. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Susan Coates, of 2, Brighton Cottages, Foxrock, Co. Dublin, and the late Alexander Coates; husband of Maude Coates.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2144
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