CATES, William Arthur
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
'45 Commando RM'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
RM 11386
Born:
Monday, May 19, 1924
Died :
Saturday, April 6, 1957
Died in service
Age:
32
Cemetery/Memorial:
Marine William Cates from Colliers Wood, London, died from injuries received when he was flung from a Land Rover in which he was a passenger which swerved on the Castel Benito road south of Tripoli.
Sources
Armed Forces Memorial ROH.
Report in the Nottingham Guardian Journal, 15 April 1957, p1.
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