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Private ERNEST OAKES

Service Number: 7611229
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Date of Death

Died 19 April 1940

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY, THELUS

4. C. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward Thomas Oakes and Margaret Oakes, of West Gorton, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF ERNEST. IF WE FORGET WHO WILL REMEMBER
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Buried or commemorated at

BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY, THELUS
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 508
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