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Private EDWARD OAKES

Service Number: 17950
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wiltshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 July 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERNAFAY WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN

K. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Edward and Mary Ann Oakes, of Chelsea, London.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF WHAT HAS BEEN AND NEVER MORE WILL BE
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Buried or commemorated at

BERNAFAY WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN
Somme France
Number of casualties: 945
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