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Private Ernest Bates

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Military service

Service number: 19685
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division: 10th Bn.
Death: May 30, 1915

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: III. H. 7.
Additional information
His real name was Holmes Hargreaves and he is commemorated on page 18 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 4 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY Nord, France

Merville is a village about 15 kilometres north of Bethune and about 20 kilometres south-west of Armentieres. The MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY is on the north-east side of the village on the north side of the road to Neuf-Berquin.

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