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Fusilier WILLIAM JOHN OLIVER

Service Number: 4278473
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

1 st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1945

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ST. JOHN'S WESTGATE AND ELSWICK) CEMETERY

Sec. U Uncons. Grave 229.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Joseph and Isabel Elizabeth Oliver, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription "ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO HIM, O LORD." SO LOVED AND SO MOURNED R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ST. JOHN'S WESTGATE AND ELSWICK) CEMETERY
Northumberland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 288
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