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Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 281 Send Message	Eunice	Report	28 Apr 2016 22:15
	Been asked to post this by work colleague who is going to 'take over' looking after an untended military grave in Lancashire. It says The Kings Own, with the Lion emblazoned, then 17471 PRIVATE P YATES, Royal Lancaster Regiment 9th May 1921; I have done a quick search but cannot find P Yates; i am presuming P was male of course. Will I have to apply to the RLR regimental museum do you think? :-S
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,494 Send Message	greyghost	Report	28 Apr 2016 22:34
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,494 Send Message	Transcription only Silver War Badge Roll Transcription First name(s) Peter Last name Yates Service number 17471 Rank Private Badge number 40637 Enlistment date 30-Jan-1915 Discharge date 29-Oct-1915 Regiment/unit Royal Lancaster Regiment Cause of discharge Para 392 King's Regulation (xvi) Wounds Whether served overseas Yes Badge date of issue 29-Jan-1917 Record set Silver War Badge Roll 1914-1920 Category Military, armed forces & conflict Subcategory First World War Collections from Great Britain Available on Find My Past
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 8,835 Send Message	malyon	Report	28 Apr 2016 22:39
	http://www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com/
Member Since: June 2008 Posts: 550 Send Message	Joseph	Report	28 Apr 2016 22:40
Member Since: June 2008 Posts: 550 Send Message	This from Findmypast Silver War Badge Roll Transcription First name(s) Peter Last name Yates Service number 17471 Rank Private Badge number 40637 Enlistment date 30-Jan-1915 Discharge date 29-Oct-1915 Regiment/unit Royal Lancaster Regiment Cause of discharge Para 392 King's Regulation (xvi) Wounds Whether served overseas Yes Badge date of issue 29-Jan-1917
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,494 Send Message	greyghost	Report	28 Apr 2016 22:41
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,494 Send Message	Peter Yates in the UK, Silver War Badge Records, 1914-1920 Name: Peter Yates Discharge Unit: Royal Lancaster Regiment Regiment: King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment Regimental Number: 17471 Rank: Pte. Badge Number: 40637 Piece: 3071 List Number: H 0401-0800 Record Group: WO Record Class: 329 Available on Ancestry - transcript as above but with image of original listings paperwork
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 281 Send Message	Eunice	Report	28 Apr 2016 22:46
	wow! Thank you all so very much!!!! You are amazing! <3
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	28 Apr 2016 22:47
	Probably death reg Deaths Jun 1921 (>99%) Yates Peter 32 Wharfedale 9a 167 Wharfedale covers Atherton - EDIT - wrong Atherton BUT its the only death reg 1Q - 4Q 1921 for a male P Yates of the correct age to qualify for a CWG So born c1889
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Member Since: June 2008 Posts: 550 Send Message	Joseph	Report	28 Apr 2016 22:48
Member Since: June 2008 Posts: 550 Send Message	Grave can be seen at : https://billiongraves.com/grave/P-Yates/4487808
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	28 Apr 2016 22:51
	Considering the Atherton connection ??? Peter Yates Age in 1911: 21 Estimated birth year: abt 1890 Relation to Head: Brother Gender: Male Birth Place: Atherton, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Atherton County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: 289a North Rd Atherton Lancs Marital Status: Single Occupation: Charge Hand Boltworks Registration district: Leigh Registration District Number: 460 Sub-registration district: Atherton ED, institution, or vessel: 10 Piece: 23240 Edward Yates 28 Moses Yates 26 Peter Yates 21 Martha Yates 19 All the Yates are single siblings
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Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,494 Send Message	greyghost	Report	28 Apr 2016 22:52
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,494 Send Message	DetEcTive mentions Atherton - it's late for me have I missed something? EDIT - I see the Grave picture ?? England, Births & Baptisms 1538-1975 Transcription First name(s) Peter Last name Yates Gender Male Birth year 1889 Birth place - Baptism year 1889 Baptism date 01 Dec 1889 Residence Atherton, Lancashire, England Place Atherton County Lancashire Country England Father's first name(s) Peter Father's last name Yates Mother's first name(s) Martha Mother's last name -
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	28 Apr 2016 22:56
	CWGC says the burial was in Atherton Cemetery. The baptism does match with the parents on the 1901 Peter Yates Age: 11 Estimated birth year: abt 1890 Relation to Head: Son Gender: Male Father: Peter Yates Birth Place: Atherton, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Atherton Search Photos: Search for 'Atherton' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection Ecclesiastical parish: Atherton St John the Baptist Town: Atherton County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Registration district: Leigh Sub-registration district: Atherton ED, institution, or vessel: 10 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 3596 Folio: 112 Page Number: 33 Household schedule number: 171 Peter Yates 47 < father, widower Alice Ann Yates 20 Edward Yates 18 Moses Yates 16 Ellen Yates 13 Peter Yates 11 Betty Mather 69 Martha Yates 9
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Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 281 Send Message	Eunice	Report	28 Apr 2016 22:56
	oh, I was just going to look for any other info, but you have beaten me to it!!!! Lesa (work coll) will be so pleased. Her family have tended Peter's grave for many years as no one else visited ; she was just wondering about him, and knowing I am interested in genealogy asked me to find out anything. Ironically, although his grave says P Yates, she has always referred to him as Peter, just to give him a name!!!! But thank you all once ore. E <3
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,494 Send Message	greyghost	Report	28 Apr 2016 22:56
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,494 Send Message	1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Bag Lane, Atherton, Leigh, Lancashire, England First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place Edward Mathew Head Married Male 61 1830 Coal Labourer Westhoughton, Lancashire, England Betty Mathew Wife Married Female 58 1833 - Westhoughton, Lancashire, England Peter Yates Son In Law Married Male 37 1854 Coal Miner Tyldesley, Lancashire, England Martha Yates Wife Married Female 31 1860 Cotton Frame Tenter Westhoughton, Lancashire, England Alice A Yates Daughter Single Female 10 1881 Scholar Atherton, Lancashire, England Edward Yates Son Single Male 8 1883 Scholar Atherton, Lancashire, England Moses Yates Son Single Male 6 1885 Scholar Atherton, Lancashire, England Helen Yates Daughter Single Female 3 1888 - Atherton, Lancashire, England Peter Yates Son Single Male 1 1890 - Atherton, Lancashire, England
Member Since: June 2008 Posts: 550 Send Message	Joseph	Report	28 Apr 2016 22:57
Member Since: June 2008 Posts: 550 Send Message	Leigh Lancashire covers Atherton.
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,494 Send Message	greyghost	Report	28 Apr 2016 23:00
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,494 Send Message	?? Surname First name(s) District Vol Page Births Dec 1889 (>99%) Yates Peter Leigh 8c 292
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	28 Apr 2016 23:04
	Oh well - back to the drawing board :-0 Its just as well greyghost has found the correct birth reg, so the census are still likely to be correct. Actually, the Wharfedale death is the only one for a P Yates old enough to be a soldier who died 2Q 1921. Where the CWGs have been 'claimed', all the families have addresses close to the area.
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Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,494 Send Message	greyghost	Report	28 Apr 2016 23:15
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,494 Send Message	Peter's parents marriage ? Surname First name(s) District Vol Page Marriages Sep 1880 (>99%) Gregory Sarah Leigh 8c 258 Mather Martha Leigh 8c 258 <<<<<<<< ORMEROD William Leigh 8c 258 Yates Peter Leigh 8c 258 <<<<<<< note MATHER rather than Mathew - which is correct? ----------------------------------------------- looks like it should be MATHER - Martha's parents Bolton covers Westhoughton where the 1891 census shows they were born Abbot Betty Bolton 8c 273 <<<<<<<<<< Mather Edward Bolton 8c 273 <<<<<<<<<< McDonald Ann Bolton 8c 273 Morris Robert Bolton 8c 273
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,494 Send Message	greyghost	Report	28 Apr 2016 23:25
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,494 Send Message	? Peter's Father Peter. Leigh RD covers Tyldesley where 1891 says he's born Births Mar 1854 (>99%) Yates Peter Leigh
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 281 Send Message	Eunice	Report	28 Apr 2016 23:27
	it is all fascinating, and sad. I hate trawling through soldiers records, all who died so young :-( I have even found my grandfathers .. But thank you everyone, once more, for all of your stirling efforts, much appreciated, as always. :-D
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,494 Send Message	greyghost	Report	28 Apr 2016 23:30
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,494 Send Message	Possible only for Peter Snr - given his Father is a Moses and he has a son Moses 1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Goose, Tyldesley, Leigh, Lancashire, England First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place Moses Yates Head Married Male 36 1825 Coal Miner Worsley, Lancashire, England Alice Yates Wife Married Female 33 1828 Household Work Tyldesley, Lancashire, England John Yates Son Unmarried Male 9 1852 Scholar Tyldesley, Lancashire, England Peter Yates Son Unmarried Male 7 1854 Scholar Tyldesley, Lancashire, England Alice Ann Yates Daughter Unmarried Female 5 1856 Scholar Tyldesley, Lancashire, England Mary Yates Daughter Unmarried Female 4 1857 Scholar Tyldesley, Lancashire, England Elizabeth Yates Daughter Unmarried Female 2 1859 - Tyldesley, Lancashire, England William Yates Son - Male 0 1861 - Tyldesley, Lancashire, England *** Moses married to a Sarah by 1871

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