Private 357836 William Frederick Bate
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
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Regiment/Unit: King's (Liverpool Regiment) - 10th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 24
Date of death: 26th of May 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Sutton, St Helens
Burial / Memorial: Merville Communal Cemetery Extension - III. A. 22.
Family details:
Son of William Henry and Esther Jane Bate, of 20, Harrison St., Sutton, St. Helens, Lancs. Mother Esther Jane is sole legatee.
Census details:
1901 - 7 years old William F is living at 1 Oxley Street, Sutton, St Helens with parents William Harrison Bate (36), Esther J Harrison Bate (30) and five siblings: Edith (9), Agnes (6), Mary E (4), May (4), James (1 Mth). 1911 - Sees 17 years old 'Colliery Surface Worker' William F living at 20 Harrison Street, Sutton, St Helens with parents William (46), Esther J (40) and six siblings: Edith (19), Agnes (16), May (14), James (10), John (7), Henry (5). [b]Note:[/b] The family surname is shown as Harrison in both census returns.
Private William F Bate is commemorated on the [url=http://www.suttonbeauty.org.uk/suttonhistory/suttonwar.html#william_bate] Sutton Beauty & Heritage[/url] website.
[pic]imgs/sppics/357836_W_F_Bate.jpg[/pic][caption]Scroll commemorating Private William Frederick Bate.[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/357836WilliamFrederickBate.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Bate_W_10thKLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/BateWMF_KLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private William F Bate at Merville Communal Cemetery Extension (Photograph Courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/BateWMF_KLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private William F Bate at Merville Communal Cemetery Extension (Photograph Courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
