Lance Corporal 24895 Clement Oswald Yates
Regiment/Unit: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) - 13th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 25
Date of death: 23rd of April 1915
Born: Birkenhead
Resided: Canada
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 24-30
Family details:
Son of James Yates, of 21, Lea Rd., Egremont, Cheshire, England.
Census details:
1891 - 1 year old Clement O is living at 153 Borough Road, Tranmere, Birkenhead with parents James (36), Sarah (38) and sister Bertha H (2 mths). 1901 - 11 years old Clement O is living at 115 Raffles Road, Birkenhead with parents James (46), Sarah (48) and sisters Elsie D (13), Bertha H (10). 1911 Census - The Yates family lived at 115 Raffles Road, Birkenhead. Clement's father, James, was a 56 year old Glass Merchant who had been born in St Helens. Clement, 21, was a Labourer in a Glass Warehouse
Notes:
It is assumed that Clement is recorded on the St Helens Cenotaph because of his father's links to the town. Clement left Liverpool 30 Aug 1912 on board SS Victorian bound for Quebec
It is assumed that Clement is recorded on the St Helens Cenotaph because of his father's links to the town. Clement left Liverpool 30 Aug 1912 on board SS Victorian bound for Quebec
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/24895_Yates_C_O_zpseccf4938.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Lance Corporal Clement Oswald Yates
on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial[/caption]
