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=== Private Rufus Yates aged 20 === | === Private Rufus Yates aged 20 === | ||
Rufus Yates lived at Paradise, Midgley in both the 1901 and | Rufus Yates lived at Paradise, Midgley in both the 1901 and 1911 census, with his parents Harry, a Woollen Weftman and Grace and older brother Fred, a Woollen Spinner.<br> | ||
He was aged 13 and a Presser for Ready Made Clothing. He later became a Railway Clerk at Eastwood station. <br> | |||
He was shot in the head by a sniper and is buried in the Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Nord, France, where his headstone bears the inscription | |||
<center>“In God’s Keeping He is safe”.</center> | |||
He’s also commemorated on the St James Roll of Honour. His story is best told from the Hebden Bridge Times: | He’s also commemorated on the St James Roll of Honour. His story is best told from the Hebden Bridge Times: | ||
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Revision as of 09:45, 8 October 2026
Private Rufus Yates aged 20
Rufus Yates lived at Paradise, Midgley in both the 1901 and 1911 census, with his parents Harry, a Woollen Weftman and Grace and older brother Fred, a Woollen Spinner.
He was aged 13 and a Presser for Ready Made Clothing. He later became a Railway Clerk at Eastwood station.
He was shot in the head by a sniper and is buried in the Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Nord, France, where his headstone bears the inscription
He’s also commemorated on the St James Roll of Honour. His story is best told from the Hebden Bridge Times: