Name
John Tate
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/10/1917
30
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
37590
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 108 to 111.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Diocese - Book of Remembrance, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans, Diocese of St Albans - ROH, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans, Not on the Aldenham memorials (*1)
Pre War
*1 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tate, of Carlton, Upper Largo, Fife; husband of Isabella Forrester Tate, of 27, Mill St., Airdrie.
His widow was Isabella Tate (born 3 November 1884), whose address was Hillfield Park Gardens, Aldenham before she moved to 27 Mill Street. Airdrie, Scotland. They had two children: Margaret Alice born 28 February 1915 and Edward John born 27 October 1916
The Soldiers Died In The Great War (SDITGW) database records that he was born in Kilcunguhar, Fife and he enlisted in Watford.
Wartime Service
Formerly 2725, Suffolk Regiment (*1).
Additional Information
His widow was awarded a grant of £5 and then a pension of 25s 5d a week from 3 June 1918, later amended to 30s.
*1 There are some discrepancies so more research is required to confirm that we have identified the correct man. The St Albans Cathedral Diocese records suggest a connection to Aldenham. The St Albans Cathedral Diocese records suggest a connection to Aldenham and that he was Trooper in the Suffolk Yeomanry Regiment. E.g. this man was formerly in the Suffolk Regiment.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
