Husband of Sarah Jane Yates, of 135, Cemetery Road, Kearsley, Lancashire, and formerly of 34, Macdonald Street, Moses Gate, Farnworth, Lancashire. Returned from America to rejoin his regiment as a reservist at the outbreak of war. Died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen, received in the Dardanelles, but died shortly after arrival at hospital in Alexandria.
Yates, Moses –
Personal details
- Surname: Yates
- Forename: Moses
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Farnworth, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Farnworth, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 29
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: August 28th, 1915
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 1st (Regular) Battalion.
- Service number: 7753
- Regiment: Border Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Manchester, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: St / V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- All Saints C.E. Church - Moses Gate WWI Plaques
- Bolton (Queen's Park) Gallipoli Memorial
- Farnworth "Fallen In The Fight" Book
- Farnworth WWI War Memorial - Farnworth
- Kearsley War Memorial Cross (WWI Plaque)
- CWGC Memorial: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
- CWGC reference: D. 65.
Local newspaper entries
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 17/09/1915 10/12/1915 05/01/1917 31/08/1917 30/08/1918