Bates,+Harry

Private, 2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Service No: 10570. Age: 24. Date of Death: 24th August 1914. Son of Thomas and Violet Annie Bates, of 65, Denholme Rd., Oxenhope, Keighley, Yorks. HAUTRAGE MILITARY CEMETERY, Plot II. Row C. Grave 17.
 * Harry Bates - enlisted as:**
 * Harry Lockwood.**

Harry Lockwood Born: Meltham, Yorks Resident: Keighley, Yorks Enlisted: Bradford, Yorks Death Date: 24 Aug 1914 Death Location: France & Flanders Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
 * SDGW Information:**

Harry was the first of the Oxenhope men to die in WW1 as indicated on Oxenhope's war memorial, which records the men's names in order in which they died, rather than alphabetically. He was listed on the memorial as Harry Bates but enlisted in the army under his mother's maiden name as Harry Lockwood. He was born at Meltham near Huddersfield in 1890/1. Harry had seven brothers and all, except Hollings , also served in the war. All except the eldest Fred ( born before his parents married and therefore Lockwood ) survived the war. Their parents were Thomas and Violet Bates. Thomas was a labourer in a stone quarry. By 1901 the family were living in Oxenhope: Violet Fred Asa Harry Stansfield Joe Edith Ellen Hollings Hannah Sam || Father Mother Son Son Son Son Son Daughter Son Daughter Son || 42 33 15 12 10 9 7 4 3 5 months 6 || Halifax Huddersfield Meltham Meltham Meltham Ovenden Ovenden Ovenden Ovenden Oxenhope Ovenden ||
 * Name || Status || Age || Born ||
 * Thomas

Harry is recorded on the Oxenhope WW1 memorial tablet in the parish church, Oxenhope and ,with his brothers, as a former scholar of Sawood Methodist Chapel on their Roll of Honour. His family recorded that he was killed in action on 24th August 1914 as indicated by the family grave in Hebden Road Cemetery in Oxenhope, which remembers Harry: