S.+BATES

Bates, Samuel, Rifleman, C/7545, 11th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps Born Leatherhead, Surrey Enlisted Derby Died of wounds 22nd September 1917

Aged 20 Son of William and Harriett Bates, of 13, Ivy Grove, Ripley, Derbyshire Buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, V, D, 15

1911 Census: Samuel Bates was a 13 year old collier, residing in Grosvenor Road, Ripley. He was the son of William, a colliery weighman, and Harriet.