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Private OLAF STANLEY OLSON

Service Number: 56731
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Regiment

"D" Coy. 14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESSEX FARM CEMETERY

III. G. 19.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Alexander and Elizabeth Olson, of 76, Porttermant Rd., Swansea.
  • Personal Inscription IN FREEDOM'S NAME HE SUFFERED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS HE DIED HIS NOT TO SEE THE VICTORY AND WELCOME IT WITH PRIDE
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Buried or commemorated at

ESSEX FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1206
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