Headstone Request - Gunner 1134310 Edward Yates - Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville

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  1. The Cooler King

    The Cooler King Elite Member

    Would anyone happen to have a grave image of Gunner 1134310 Edward Yates Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville - IV. D. 8.

    Many thanks in anticipation
     
    The Cooler King, Nov 19, 2017
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  2. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA Patron

    Gunner YATES, EDWARD
    Service Number: 1134310
    Died: 08/06/1944
    Aged: 26
    Unit: 62 Anti-Tank Regt.
    Regiment: Royal Artillery
    Other details: Son of Thomas Henry and Elizabeth Harriet Yates; husband of Phyllis Yates, of Windle, Lancashire.
    RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE

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  3. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA Patron

    Attached copies of 246 Battery war diary. 4 Killed, 7 wounded and 2 missing from this action with Sgt Miller's gun knocked out. 4 enemy tanks claimed.

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  4. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA Patron

    The other killed and laid to rest at Ryes War Cemetery:-

    Sgt K.G. Callaghan

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    Gunner C.R.Parsons

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    Gunner A.C. Webber

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  5. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA Patron

    62 Anti-Tank Regiment in Normandy.
     

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  6. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA Patron

    Lance Bombadier Brookes who was missing after the same action on the 8th June 1944. He was buried Bayeux War Cemetery.

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  7. The Cooler King

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    Ramacal, you really are a star, thank you :)
     
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  8. harkness

    harkness Well-Known Member

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