George Arthur Bates
Place of birth: Kilmore Quay , Wexford, Ireland
Previous occupation: Shipwright
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Leading Signalman
Service Number: J29221
Joined Hood: 10th June 1922 (Leading Signalman)
Left Hood: 14th May 1923 (Leading Signalman)
Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.
History of ships served in and ratings held:
Date From | Date to | Ship | Rating | Source |
14th January 1914 | 16th April 1914 | Impregnable | Boy 2nd Class | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
17th April 1914 | 14th September 1914 | Ganges | Boy 2nd Class | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
15th September 1914 | 13th October 1914 | Ganges | Signals Boy | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
14th October 1914 | 12th November 1914 | Vivid I | Signals Boy | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
13th November 1914 | 11th September 1915 | Nottingham | Signals Boy | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
12th September 1915 | 20th January 1916 | Nottingham | Ordinary Signalman | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
21st January 1916 | 30th June 1916 | Nottingham | Signalman | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st July 1916 | 16th October 1917 | Dublin | Signalman | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
17th October 1917 | 19th October 1917 | Dublin | Leading Signalman | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
20th October 1917 | 5th April 1919 | Birmingham | Leading Signalman | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
6th April 1919 | 14th July 1919 | Vivid I | Leading Signalman | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
15th July 1919 | 27th August 1920 | Cadmus | Leading Signalman | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
28th August 1920 | 30th September 1920 | Tamar | Leading Signalman | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st October 1920 | 18th June 1921 | Ambrose | Leading Signalman | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
19th June 1921 | 7th December 1921 | Vivid I | Leading Signalman | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
8th December 1921 | 10th May 1922 | Woolwich (Saumara) | Leading Signalman | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
11th May 1922 | 9th June 1922 | Vivid I | Leading Signalman | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
10th June 1922 | 14th May 1923 | Hood | Leading Signalman | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
15th May 1923 | 4th September 1923 | Vivid I | Leading Signalman | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
5th September 1923 | 2nd February 1926 | Dauntless | Leading Signalman | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
3rd February 1926 | 21st March 1926 | Vivid I | Leading Signalman | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
22nd March 1926 | 3rd May 1926 | Vivid I | Acting Yeoman of Signals | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
4th May 1926 | 6th March 1927 | Victory XI (Harebell) | Acting Yeoman of Signals | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
7th March 1927 | 21st March 1927 | Vivid I | Acting Yeoman of Signals | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
22nd March 1927 | 6th August 1927 | Vivid I | Yeoman of Signals | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
7th August 1927 | 8th July 1928 | Tamar II (Keppel) | Yeoman of Signals | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
9th July 1928 | 12th September 1928 | Vivid II (Keppel) | Yeoman of Signals | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
13th September 1928 | 29th November 1928 | Vivid I | Yeoman of Signals | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
30th November 1928 | 1st January 1929 | Vivid II (Dauntless) | Yeoman of Signals | ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
Additional Photographs
None at this time.
Memorials
No known memorials
No known memorials
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
ADM188/705 via WW1 Lives at Sea