FORMER BURNLEYITE’S SECOND LOSS (Burnley Express 16/11/1918)

An official communication from the War Office reached Mr. John Yates (formerly of Burnley), at 73, Upper Stanhope-street, Liverpool, on Saturday last, announcing the death in action of his son Albert, aged 29 years. Pte. Yates (203404), who was in the
2/5th Manchesters, has been reported missing since October 5th, 1917, and after the lapse of a year he is officially presumed dead. This is Mr. Yates second loss in the war, his youngest son, Walter, being killed in the Balkans on November 1st 1916.