R.+YATES

Yates, Rupert, Private, 29179, 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Born Brailsford, Derby. Enlisted Derby. Residence Derby. Killed in action 18th October 1916. Aged 21. Son of Mr T Yates, of Brailsford Mill; husband of Alice Morley (formerly Yates), of Hollington, Brailsford, Derby. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Thiepval, France, Pier and Face 6C. Formerly 45115 North Staffordshire Regiment.

1911 Census Aged 15 Employed as a farm labourer A servant at Dam Farm, Ednaston, near Brailsford, Derbyshire