Gunner 1134310 Edward Yates

BMD details:
Marriage of Edward Yates to Phyllis Bird reg Q3 1940 Liverpool North. Vol 8b page 1328

Family details:
Son of Thomas Henry and Elizabeth Harriet Yates; husband of Phyllis Yates, of Windle, Lancashire.

Census details:
1939 Register. 21 years old Edward Yates born 13/05/1917 a Builders Crafthsman Bricklayer (Heavy Worker), father Thomas Yates born 05/06/1881 a Builders Labourer (Heavy Worker), mother Elizabeth H Yates born 26/11/1880 an Unpaid Domestic, sister Edna Yates born 20/07/1907 a Daily Cleaner, brother John Yates born 20/12/1911 a Farm Labourer, sister Eveline Yates born 28/05/1914 an Unpaid Domestic are living at The White House, Rainford Road, St Helens. Also at the address is John Yates born 06/11/1868 an Old Age Pensioner. Two members of the household are redacted.

The 62nd Anti-Tank Regiment was landed on Juno Beach during the D Day assault. The Regiment was part of 1st Corps and was attached to the Canadian 3rd Division. It consisted of 245 & 248 Batteries with M10 Self Propelled 17 Pounder Ant- Tank Guns and 246 & 247 Batteries which were equiped with 17 Pounder "towed" guns. "On the morning of D-Day plus 2, at 09:45hrs a force of nine enermy tanks appeared supported by infantry. They had crossed the railway line west of Putot and now at a distance of 1200 yards, they commenced plastering the woods with machine gun and mortar fire. Two of the seventeen pounders and two six pounders soon had them in their sights and opened fire. In the ensuring fight four enermy tanks were destroyed but the defenders also suffered heavy losses". [pic]imgs/WW2_misc/Edward_Yates_D2.png[/pic] [pic]imgs/WW2_misc/Edward_Yates_D3.png[/pic][caption]Diary images by Ramacal[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW2_headstones/Yates_WW2.jpg[/pic][caption]Gravestone of Gunner Edward Yates, picture courtesy of Jeff Keenan [popup=imgs/WW2_headstones/Edward_Yates_WW2.png]Additional gravestone picture courtesy of Ramacal[/popup][/caption]