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Sapper HARRY OLDROYD

Service Number: 2047004
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 29 April 1945

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASERTA WAR CEMETERY

V, B, 5.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Elsie Oldroyd.
  • Personal Inscription PAL OF MY BOSOM YOU SLEEP WITH THE BRAVE WHERE NO TEARS OF YOUR WIFE CAN FALL ON YOUR GRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

CASERTA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 769
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