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Lance Corporal WILLIAM LINDSAY OLIVER

Service Number: 8980
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Scots Guards

"F" Coy. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 October 1914

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

Panel 11.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Lindsay Oliver, of 56, Greenwood Lane, Wallasey, Cheshire, and the late Eliza Lily Oliver. Enlisted at 14 years of age as bugler in 6th V.Bn. The King's Liverpool Regt. and served six years, attaining rank of Serjt. Subsequently served four years as Pte. with Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry.
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