Name
Gerald Charles Tate
1896
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/03/1915
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
East Yorkshire Regiment
3rd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD
I. 20.
France
Headstone Inscription
No Report
UK & Other Memorials
Aldenham School Memorial, Aldenham
Pre War
Gerald Charles was second son of Charles Spence Tate (Clerk to Tea Broker) and Emma Elizabeth (nee Edmed). He attended Aldenham School just prior to the out break of war together with his older brother.
Wartime Service
He was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in 3rd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment in Aug 1914 and was soon in France.
He died of wounds 21 Mar 1915 and is buried in Bailleul Cemetery, Belgium.
Additional Information
Elder brother Archibald B S Tate served as 2nd Lieutenant Royal Engineers in Salonika about Oct 1918.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Tony James
