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George Bates

Rank: 
Leading Stoker
Regimental number: 
K2105
Unit at enlistment: 
H.M.S. Hampshire
Force: 
R.N.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
June 5th, 1916
Cemetery: 
Portsmouth Naval Memorial - Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom - 16
Birth country: 
England
Address at enlistment: 
Brampton, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
Brampton, Ontario
Marital status: 
Single

Letters and documents

BX July 19, 1916

Lost Life on Hampshire

To an unoccupied box in the local post office has come the official notice of the loss of George Bates, acting leading stoker on H.M.S. Hampshire, which was recently sunk in the North Sea. The notice comes to Miss Clara Bates, P.O. Box 252, Brantford, his sister, but no trace of Miss Bates can be found. At present, according to post office officials, the box is un-rented and has been vacant for a long time past.

BX July 20, 1916

Was from Brampton

Mention was made in The Expositor yesterday of the official notice of the loss of George Bates, stoker on H.M.S. Hampshire, coming to a vacant box in the local post office, it has since been discovered that an error was made in the addressing of the card, which should have read Brampton instead of Brantford.  The card has been forwarded to Brampton by the post office authorities.

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