Grave of Richards Shepperson Bate

Name: Richards Shepperson Bate

Number: 194642V

Rank: Lieutenant

Unit: 41 Commando Royal Marines

Date of Death: 16 February 1945

Location: Werkendam Protestant Cemetery

Country: Netherlands

Notes: Plaque formerly located in St. Andrews Church, Henderson Road, Eastney, Southsea, Hampshire Lieutenant Richard Bate died of wounds inflicted during operations in the Waspik sector of the Maas River front. Son of John O. and Edith J. Bate, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.