BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ANNIE (1866-1911) & JOHN BATES (1860-1932), AT 35 MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, BOULEVARD SOUTH (1911 CENSUS) AND 1, ELEANOR’S PLACE, RAYWELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A OIL MILL PRESSMAN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 19TH TYNESIDE PIONEERS. DIED ON 28/03/1918, AGED 21.
HE IS REMEMBERED AT ST CHARLES CHURCH, JARRATT STREET, HULL. COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
HE LEFT BROTHERS WILLIAM, THOMAS & JOHN & SISTERS LUCY, ESTHER & FRANCES BATES. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN BATES, LIVING AT 1, ELEANOR’S PLACE, RAYWELL STREET. HULL
First name:
MARTIN
Military Number:
202514
Rank:
Private
Date Died
28/03/1918
Place died:
POZIERES MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
21
35 MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, BOULEVARD SOUTH, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried