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Private William Frederick Cates

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1888-02-28
Place of birth:
Marital status: no data
Date of death: 1918-06-27
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Halifax Memorial, Panel 2.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 962
Highest Rank: Private
Rank detail

Private (Army).

Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle torpedoed 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U86

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 92843
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B1576-S037
Uploader's Notes: Son of George and Alice Ann Cates, of 39, Compton Rd., Wimbledon, London, England.
The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberatly torpedeod and most survivors, including 14 Nursing Sisters were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for the Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2013-07-20