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Private BASIL WILLIAM OLLIS

Service Number: 7257
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 November 1915

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY

II. J. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. W. and Mrs. E. J. Ollis, of Hall Cottages, Boxted, Colchester. His brother Claude Ollis also fell.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED SON OF W. & J. OLLIS BOXTED, ESSEX
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Buried or commemorated at

CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 745
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