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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Witton Le Wear
• Land Durham, England
• Last residence Howden Le Wear, County Durham
• Family Youngest son William Coates; three brothers;
  Husband of Hannah Coates, of 8, Low Row, North Beechburn, Howden-le-Wear, Durham; four children, Mary, Doris, William and Ralph;

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Bishop Auckland, Durham
• Service number 197785
• Rank Sapper
• Regiment and unit 255th Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers
• Attached or transferred from 8th Bn. - Yorkshire Regiment -
• Other data related to military career Formerly 19457, Yorks Regt. ;
  to France on 27 August 1915

Death

• Type of wounds Killed in action
• Died at the age of 34
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVIII - F - 10

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