| Mrs. G. W. Bates, of 13, Gold-street, Wellingborough, has received news that her husband, Sergt. George Wm. Bates, of the Royal Air Force, and son of Mr. Matthew Bates, Court Estate, Rushden, is seriously ill and in hospital in France. Sergt. Bates is well known in Rushden, as up to the time of joining the Colours in October, 1914, he was proprietor of a motor and cycle depot in Church-street, Rushden. He has served three years and seven months on the Western front. His many friends will wish him a speedy recovery. |
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