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Rifleman CLAUDE ERNEST OVENDEN

Service Number: S/18622
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 October 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MARTINSART BRITISH CEMETERY

I. A. 5 (Coll.)

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest William and Annie Elizabeth Ovenden, of 36, Windmill St., Tunbridge Wells.
  • Personal Inscription LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM O LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

MARTINSART BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 488
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