Husband of Clara Meaden (formerly Yates), of 4, Lee Fold, Blackrod, Lancashire. Formerly employed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company at Blackrod Station. Enlisted January 1915.
Yates, Benjamin –
Personal details
- Surname: Yates
- Forename: Benjamin
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Accrington, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: Not known
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: September 25th, 1915
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 1st (Regular) Battalion.
- Service number: 19659
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Horwich, 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 Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- Horwich 1914-18 Roll of Honour - Horwich Heritage
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company WWI Memorial at Victoria Station Manchester - and also WWI Roll of Honour Book
- St. Katharine's C.E. Church WWI Memorial - Blackrod
- CWGC Memorial: Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
- CWGC reference: Panel 89 to 91.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 22/10/1915
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7b