Reginald Quayle Bate was born on 09 June 1917 in Barnsley, Yorkshire to Harry Reginald Currie Bate & Gertrude Smith. He was employed at Brockhouse Engineering in Southport prior to enlisting. He married Annie Whitehead in 1942. Reginald served in the Army as a Sergeant in WW2, service no. 3461349 and died on 17 December 1944 in Southport, Lancashire, England. He was buried 20 December 1944 in St. John’s Churchyard, Crossens, Southport.