Bombardier 5462 Frederick Bates

Regiment/Unit: Royal Horse Artillery - 'B' Bty. 88th Bde.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 18/07/1915

Age at death: 40
Date of death: 16th of September 1917 (Sunday)
Born: Oldham
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Voormezeele Enclosures No1 and No2 - I. H. 57.

BMD details:
Marriage: 25/08/1900 Fred BATES to Amelia DAVIDSON at Prescot St Mary.

Family details:
Widow Amelia is legatee.

Census details:
1881 - 4 years old schoolboy Frederick is living at 74 Ramford Street, Parr, St Helens with parents James (31), Jane (31) and four siblings: Elizabeth(12), William (7), Esther (6), Winifred (1). Also at the address is lodger Samuel Bates (54). 1891 - 14 years old 'Sheet Glass Grinder' Frederick living at 84 Ramford Street, Parr, St Helens with parents James (39), Jane (40) and eight siblings: William (17), Esther (15), Winifred (11), John (9), Martha (7), Jane (5), Arthur (3), Samuel (3 mths). 1901 - 24 years old 'Coal Miner - Hewer' Frederick is living at 156 Parr Stocks Road, Parr, St Helens with wife of one year Amelia (19) and son Frederick James (1 Mth). 1911 - Sees 34 years old 'Coal Miner - Hewer' Fred living at 130 Parr Stocks Road, Parr, St Helens with wife of 11 years Amelia (born Weston, Ches 29) and five children: Frederick James (10), Maud (8), Doris (5), Arthur (2), Albert (7 mths).

Notes:
[note=186]Two Bates brothers who died in The Great War[/note] [url=lmem.php?lmem=13]Remembered On Parr St Peters War Memorial[/url] Age taken from census.

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/5462FrederickBates.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption] [center][pic2]imgs/WW1_people/Bates_F.png[/pic2][/center][pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Bates_Fred_RFA_a.jpg[/pic][pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Bates_Fred_RFA_b.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [center][pic2]imgs/WW1_people/BatesFred_RFA_b.jpg[/pic2][/center][pic]imgs/WW1_misc/BatesFred_RFA.jpg[/pic] [caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/F_Bates_RFA_zpsb7450fd5.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Bombardier Frederick Bates at Voormezeele Enclosures No.1 and No.2 (Photograph courtesy of Frederik Sohier)[/caption]