Son of Thomas and Alice Bates, of Bolton, Lancashire.
Bates, Leslie –
Personal details
- Surname: Bates
- Forename: Leslie
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 22
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: March 17th, 1943
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Guardsman
- Unit: 6th Battalion.
- Service number: 2620695
- Regiment: Grenadier Guards
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Not known
- Conflict: WW2
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton
- William Walker & Sons Ltd.
- WWII Memorial
- CWGC Memorial: Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia
- CWGC reference: III. BB. 5.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 30/04/1943
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 3e