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Sergeant WILLIAM BERNARD OAKES

Service Number: 546317
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 13 July 1941

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OPORTO (ST. JAMES) BRITISH CHURCHYARD

Plot 1. Coll. grave 774.

Portugal

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Julia Ellen Oakes, of Pye Green, Hednesford, Staffordshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN GOD'S GARDEN OF MEMORY WE MEET EVERY DAY. MUM AND DAD BROTHERS AND SISTERS
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