Early Life
Major Yate was born 14 March 1872 to the Reverend Prebendary George Edward Yate (1825–1908), the Vicar of St. Michael’s Church, Madeley from 1859 to 1908.
Yate was educated at Weymouth College, and graduated from Sandhurst 9th out of 1100 cadets, and joined 2nd Battalion, the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on 13 August 1892 in Bombay. He first saw action in India in the Tirah expedition from 1897 to 1898, for which he was awarded the medal and clasp of the Tirah Expedition. He was seriously wounded during the Boer War.
On 17 September 1903 he married Florence Helena Brigg, from Greenhead Hall, Yorkshire. There were no children. His cousin was Sir Charles Yate, 1st Baronet.
He was promoted to the rank of major in 1912. Yate was fluent in French, German and Japanese, and could also speak Hindustani and Persian.
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