Son of Charles Frederick and Kathleen Bates, of 2, Canning Street, Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Gertrude Louisa Bates, of 65, Crumpsall Street, Bolton, Lancashire, and formerly of 3, Blackbank Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly employed as a conductor on the Bolton Corporation Tramways. Enlisted April 1915.
Bates, William Ghill –
Personal details
- Surname: Bates
- Forename: William Ghill
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 28
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: May 25th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Corporal
- Unit: "D" Company, 107th Brigade.
- Service number: 710722
- Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Artillery (Nelson Square) Memorial - Bolton
- Bolton Corporation Tramways Department 1914-1918 Memorial Plaque
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- CWGC Memorial: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: XII. B. 21.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 09/04/1915 08/06/1917 08/06/1917 07/12/1917 24/05/1918
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 9f 4f 6c* S8* 6f
- Bolton Chronicle: 15/06/1917