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{{Short description|English Victoria Cross recipient (1892-1917)}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name=George Edward Cates
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|placeofburial=Hem Farm Military Cemetery, [[Hem-Monacu]]
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|serviceyears=1914–1917
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|rank=[[Second lieutenant|Second Lieutenant]]
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Second Lieutenant '''George Edward Cates''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (9 May 1892
Cates was born on 9 May 1892 to George and Alice Ann Cates, of [[Wimbledon, London]], the seventh of nine children.<ref name=cwgc>[http://www.cwgc.org/
In December 1914, four months after the outbreak of the [[World War I|First World War]], he joined the 28th London Regiment ([[Artists’ Rifles]]), and went to [[France]] in August 1915. He was later commissioned [[second lieutenant]].<ref name=VConline/>{{sfn|Gliddon|2012|p=19}}
He was 24 years old, and a [[second lieutenant]] in the 2nd Battalion, [[The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)]], [[British Army]] during the [[World War I|First World War]], and was awarded the VC for his actions on 8 March 1917 at Bouchavesnes, [[France]] during which he was killed.▼
▲He wasa 24 years old
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Cates died of his wounds the next day.<ref name=cwgc/>{{sfn|Gliddon|2012|p=19}} Two of his brothers also died during the war.<ref>[https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/743921/geoffrey-cates/ Cates, Geoffrey], Commonwealth War Graves Commission</ref><ref>[https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4021462/william-frederick-cates/ Cates, William Frederick], Commonwealth War Graves Commission</ref>{{sfn|Gliddon|2012|p=20}}
His VC is displayed at the [[Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum]], [[Winchester]], England.<ref name=VConline>{{cite web|url=http://vconline.org.uk/george-e-cates-vc/4586168200.html|title=George Edward Cates VC: biography|website=VConline.org.uk |accessdate=29 April 2022}}</ref>{{sfn|Gliddon|2012|p=20}}
Cates is commemorated on both the Wimbledon and Richardson Evans Memorial Fields war memorials, and has a plaque at the former.<ref>See Wikimedia Commons pictures at: [[c:File:Plaque, War Memorial, Richardson Evans Memorial playing fields, Wimbledon Common.jpg|Photo - War Memorial, Richardson Evans Memorial playing fields]] [[c:File:Memorial plaque to Second Lieutenant George Cates.jpg|Photo - Memorial plaque to Second Lieutenant George Cates]]</ref>{{sfn|Gliddon|2012|pp=19–20}}
==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last=Gliddon|first=Gerald|title=Arras and Messines 1917|series=[[VCs of the First World War]]|year=2012|orig-year=1998|publisher=[[The History Press]]|location=[[Stroud]], [[Gloucestershire]]|isbn=978-0-7524-6604-0}}
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