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Surname: OATES
Forename(s): Wilfred Lawson
Place of Birth: Burnley, Lancashire
Service No: 18733
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion
Division: 23rd Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1916-10-04
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. D. 35.
CWGC Cemetery: ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Wilfred Lawson Oates was the son of Arthur and Mary Jane Oates, née Dinsdale. Arthur was born at Leeds, Yorkshire and Mary at Manchester, Lancashire.
1901 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 21, Albion Road - William [sic] L. Oates, aged 6 years, born Burnley, Lancashire, son of Arthur and Mary J. Oates.
1911 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 21, Albion Road - Wilfred Lawson Oates, aged 15 years, born Burnley, Lancashire, son of Arthur and Mary Jane Oates.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Wilfred L. Oates, 18733, West Riding Regiment.
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
EARBY
OATES, Wilfred Rawson [sic], aged 22, West Riding Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Oates, 46, Victoria Road, killed in action in France Oct. 4, 1916.
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Private Wilfred Lawson OATES
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 23rd Division
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27 October 1916
OATES – Killed in action in France on October 4, Pte. Wilfred Rawson Oates, West Riding Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Oates, 46, Victoria Road, Earby, aged 22 years.
27 October 1916
EARBY – TWO LADS AMONG THE KILLED
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Oates, 46, Victoria Road, Earby, received the sad news last week of the death of their son, Pte. Wilfred Rawson Oates, West Riding Regiment, who was killed in action in France on the 4th inst., the day following his 22nd birthday. Deceased had been at the Front about six months and prior to joining the Army was employed as a warehouseman at Messrs. A. J. Birley’s Victoria Mill. Several letters of condolence have been received by the bereaved parents from Earby Comrades in the same Battalion, including Ptes. Jas. Walker, H. Snell, Edgar Shuttleworth, and L. Hill. The last-mentioned wrote:– “Your son was in the act of bombing the enemy out of a sap, and did his duty until the last. I am sure he has the praise of all by his devotion to his work. We all liked him and all miss him. The parcel you sent him was divided amongst his comrades, which, I feel sure, would be in accordance with your wish, rather than that it should be sent back. Please accept my own and my comrades’ greatest sympathy in your loss.” Pte. Oates was a young man of exemplary conduct, and took a deep interest in the Temperance movement both before and since he joined the Army.
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27 October 1916
OATES – October 4th, in France, Pte. Wilfred Rawson Oates, of the West Riding Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Oates, of 46, Victoria Terrace, Earby, aged 22.
27 October 1916
TWO EARBY LADS AMONG THE KILLED
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Oates, 46, Victoria Road, Earby, received the sad news last week of the death of their son, Pte. Wilfred Rawson Oates, of the West Riding Regiment, who was killed in action in France on October 4th inst., the day following his 22nd birthday. Deceased had been at the Front about six months, and prior to joining the Army was employed as a warehouseman at Messrs. A. J. Birley’s Victoria Mill. Several letters of condolence have been received by the bereaved parents from Earby comrades in the same battalion, including Ptes. Jas. Walker, H. Snell, Edgar Shuttleworth, and L. Hill. The last-mentioned wrote:– “Your son was in the act of bombing the enemy out of a sap, and did his duty until the last. I am sure he has the praise of all by his devotion to his work. We all liked him and all miss him. The parcel you sent him was divided amongst his comrades, which I feel sure would be in accordance with your wish, rather than that it should be sent back. Please accept my own and my comrades’ greatest sympathy in your loss.”
Pte. Oates was a young man of exemplary conduct, and took a deep interest in the Temperance movement both before and since he joined the Army.
07 June 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Earbv Prisoners of War
Pte. Alexander Oates, K.O.Y.L.I., (previously reported missing on March 27th) has written to his wife (5, Victoria Street, Earby), stating he is a prisoner and quite well. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Oates, 68, Water Street, whose other son, Pte. Wilfred Oates, was killed in France in October, 1916.
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