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Robert Wells Coates

In memory of:

Private Robert Wells Coates

June 5, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

423552

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

29th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

May 10, 1892

Son of Elizabeth Coates, of Winnipeg.

Commemorated on Page 386 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

II. F. 5.

Location:

Gezaincourt is a village in the Department of the Somme, situated 2 kilometres to the south-west of the town of Doullens, and BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south of the village. There is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission signpost in Gezaincourt village opposite the Chateau entrance.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 357 of 1384.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 357 of 1384.
  • Grave Marker– Bagneux British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Grave Marker – Bagneux British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Entrance– Bagneux British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Entrance
    Entrance – Bagneux British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Cemetery– Bagneux British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Cemetery
    Cemetery – Bagneux British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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