Yates, Joseph –

Son of John Thomas and Sarah Jane Yates; husband of Sarah Ellen Yates, of 7, Manchester Road, Kearsley, Lancashire. Enlisted April 1916. Memorial in Kearsley (St. Stephen) Churchyard.

Personal details

  • Surname: Yates
  • Forename: Joseph
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Kearsley, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Kearsley, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 29
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: December 22nd, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Gunner
  • Unit: 150th Heavy Battery.
  • Service number: 76880
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Farnworth, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: Not known
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: M.M.

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
  • CWGC reference: III. O. 5.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Chronicle: 05/10/1917 20/12/1918
  • Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 19/01/1917 19/10/1917 28/12/1917 25/01/1918 12/04/1918 05/07/1918 23/08/1918 13/09/1918

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