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Name Richard Scott Oates/Oats (The family spelt their own name without the letter e).
Regiment 1st Bn., Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Service Rank and Number Private 5221
Military Cemetery/Memorial Ploegsteert
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Panel 5
Country of Cemetery/Memorial Belgium
Medals Awarded Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals
Date and Circumstances of Death Died 30th January 1915
Biographical Details Known The 1911 census places Richard aged 20 and a rural postman, in Chester Street Mold living with his parents and siblings. His father John David Oats was a hairdresser aged 50 (born in the Isle of Man). His wife was Ann, a Mold woman. The eldest child was Charlotte 28 yrs, Leonard was 26 (also a postman) Margaret was 17 and Dennis 16. The form tells us that Ann Oats had given birth to 11children but only 9 had survived.
Regiment 1st Bn., Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Service Rank and Number Private 5221
Military Cemetery/Memorial Ploegsteert
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Panel 5
Country of Cemetery/Memorial Belgium
Medals Awarded Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals
Date and Circumstances of Death Died 30th January 1915
Biographical Details Known The 1911 census places Richard aged 20 and a rural postman, in Chester Street Mold living with his parents and siblings. His father John David Oats was a hairdresser aged 50 (born in the Isle of Man). His wife was Ann, a Mold woman. The eldest child was Charlotte 28 yrs, Leonard was 26 (also a postman) Margaret was 17 and Dennis 16. The form tells us that Ann Oats had given birth to 11children but only 9 had survived.
