YATES William

William YATES (1876 - 12^th Jan 1918) aged 42

Born: Farington, the son of Richard Bailiff Yates and Elizabeth Wilding

Enlisted: Border Regiment Service No. 24471 transferred to the Labour Corps No. 35292

Husband: of Mary Alice Yates of 45 Atlas Road, Darwen

Married Mary Alice Ainsworth at St James, Darwen 1916 

Died: 12 January 1916

Private William Yates, (Labour Company), whose home is at 45, Atlas Road died on Saturday morning on 12 January 1918 at the Kings Heath Hospital, Birmingham. He enlisted in the (February) spring of 1916, and went abroad in May of the same year. He served as a stretcher-bearer and was taken ill early in November. 

He was invalided to the hospital and had undergone two operations. He attended St James, Church and was a well-known member of the cricket team. Prior to joining up he worked at Olive Mill, but just prior to the outbreak of the war he was working in Manchester as a packer. He was a member of the Orange Club.

He served as a Royal Army Medical Corps at the General Hosp Ladysmith in the South Africa war.

The funeral took place at Darwen Cemetery on 17^th January 1918.