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Lance Serjeant ERIC WARD OAKES

Service Number: 3605133
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 May 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY

2. C. 10.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Roy and Mary Oakes, of Birch Vale, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription A BEAUTIFUL MEMORYLEFT BEHIND. IN GOD'S OWN TIME WE'LL MEET AGAIN

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Buried or commemorated at

IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1603
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