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2nd Lt. Lewis George Bates
British Arny 6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Dartmouth, Devon
(d.24th May 1916)
Lewis Bates was the eldest son of George Edwin and Annie Emma Bates of Dartmouth, Devon Born 1896. He died of his wounds on 24th May 1916 aged 21. He is buried at Baghdad's North Gate Cemetery. He is listed on the Dartmouth War memorial, which is located in the Royal Avenue Gardens in Dartmouth. He is also listed within St Saviour's Church, Dartmouth on The War Memorial Board therein & again on the Torquay secondary school 1914 - 1918 war memorial plaque where he had been a student. Sadly I do not have any more information to give about my Great Uncle.