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Serjeant CHARLES HENRY OAKES

Service Number: 3/2827
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

X. G. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Oliver and Elizabeth Oakes, of 12, 2nd St., New Crofton, Wakefield; husband of Mary Ellen Preston (formerly Oakes), of 56, Hastings Avenue, Sandal, Wakefield.
  • Personal Inscription INTO THY HANDS O LORD I COME THE BATTLE O'ER VICTORY WON
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