1914 Star named 1557 PTE J GATES 1/6 WELSH R & British War Medal named 131432 PTE J GATES LABOUR CORPS.
Joseph Gates enlisted into 1/6 Welsh Regiment numbered 1557 and landed in France on 29th Oct 1914. He is listed in hospital with an ear infection at St Andrews on 25th Nov 1915 and on 21st Mar 1916 he went AWOL from the regiment in Fort Scoveston, Neath. He transfers to the Labour Corps numbered 131432 and is eventually discharge due to sickness on 14th Jan 1919 with a Silver War Badge. He was living in Briton Ferry, Glamorgan at the time.