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.
Yates, Joseph –
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: Royal Garrison Artillery
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Farnworth, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: M.M.
Memorials
- Farnworth "Fallen In The Fight" Book
- Kearsley War Memorial Cross (WWI Plaque)
- St. Stephen's (Kearsley Moor) C.E. Church WWI Roll of Honour (Killed)
- 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