PARAS 2 Bates, Simon Gregory

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Bates ​

• FORENAME

Simon Gregory ​

• UNIT

2 Para ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

507231 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

1st January 1980 ​

• AGE

23 ​

• GRAVESITE

Aldershot Military Cemetery,Aldershot,Hampshire Section C Grave 83 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Christchurch,Dorset​

born 22.3.1956​

married (2 children)​

accidentally shot by his own unit near Forkhill,Co.Armagh,N.Ireland ​