Address: 68 Long Street (1896 – 1950)
Born: Hanslope, June 11, 1895; baptised November, 1 1896
Died: December 6, 1950 living at 6 Long Street
Parents: Harry and Ann Bates (both born in Hanslope)
1901 Census:
Harry Bates Head 40 Ordinary Agricultural Lab.
Annie Bates Wife 39
Ernest Bates Son
Harold Bates Son 3
Kate Bates Daughter 1
1911 census:
Harry Bates 48 Labourer industry uncertain
Ann Bates 47
Earnest Bates 15 Labourer
Harold Bates 13 Labourer
Kate Bates 11 school
Brother Harold Bates was killed in action October 4, 1917 aged 19 (see further information below); Kate Bates (domestic servant) married aged 20 on August 2, 1920 John Thomas Green (blacksmith) aged 24
Army career: Service no. 13327, Rank Private, Corps 7th Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
WW1 Lives, Imperial War Museum
Medals: Campaign Medals and Silver War Badge
National Archives Medal Cards ref. WO372/2
Ernest’s name appears in the Bucks Roll of Honour 1914-15 and Bucks Absent Voters List 1918 Long Street.
Remembered: Roll of Honour, St James The Great, Hanslope.
Post war information:
Returned to Long Street and worked as a labourer. Married Margaret ?
Birth of daughter Doris Annie December 16, 1920; Baptism February, 13 1921
Margaret Bates was born in 1900 and died aged 89 January 15, 1989 (at Lincoln Court, Keswick Road, Hanslope) (HDHS)