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Private HARRY OAKES

Service Number: 243009
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT

IV. B. 4A.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Henry and Sarah Oakes. Native of Louth, Lincs.
  • Personal Inscription TRUE & KIND IN ALL HIS WAYS CRUEL WAS THAT BITTER DAY WHEN HE FELL AMONGST THE BRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 2358
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