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Richard Gates was born in Beverley the 18 Jul 1893. He was the eldest son of Alfred Thomas Gates, born in Horsham, Sussex, and Susan M Gates, born in York. They married in 1892. In 1901 Richard was eight years old and at school. He had a sister, Dorothy Blanche born 1897. He was educated at Beverley Grammar School and began work as a bank clerk at Barclays Bank, Scarborough. By 1911 Richard had moved to Pickeringhe was working as a bank clerk and living at 18 Burgate, Pickering as a boarder.
Richard joined the Army in 1914 and enlisted as a private in the Yorkshire Regiment. In 1915 he was awarded the 1915 Star and was promoted to 2nd lieutenant in the West Yorkshire Regiment. He served in France and on 27 May 1918 was taken prisoner. According to a newspaper article ‘He had good fortune to be interned in Stalsund Camp, which was recognised as being one of the best camps. He had little to complain of except for the lack of food'.
Richard married Dorothy M Baker in 1917 in Pickering, they had a daughter, Pauline on 12 Sep 1920, born in Beverley. In 1939 they lived at 42 Ashfordly Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicester. He was a bank manager. Dorothy died in Melton Mowbray in 1954 aged 65. Richard died in Bournemouth, Dorset in 1979 aged 86.
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