6977137 Private James Bates
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Born: 21 Jun 1914
6977137 Private James Bates served with the 11th Parachute Battalion and fought at the Battle of Arnhem during Operation Market Garden in September 1944.
He was discharged from the army on 23/11/45. At the time of being awarded his medals on 7th December
1948 he was living at 29, Barnes End, New Malden, Surrey.
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and friends; staff of the Airborne Museum Hartenstein Oosterbeek; Airborne Assault Museum Duxford; and Gerrit Pijpers OBE without whom
this website would not have been possible.