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Able Seaman JAMES OAKLEY

Service Number: P/JX 274365
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Proserpine

Date of Death

Died 25 November 1947

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BURTON-UPON-TRENT CEMETERY

Gen. Sec. Grave 6314.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Nellie Oakley, of Burton-upon-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription DEARER TO US THAN WORDS CAN TELL ARE MEMORIES OF A DEAR ONE WE LOVED SO WELL
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Buried or commemorated at

BURTON-UPON-TRENT CEMETERY
Staffordshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 153
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