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Rifleman E G OLVER

Service Number: S/38761
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

V. L. 23.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment posted to 1st/17th Bn. London Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Bessie Olver, of Hooper's Cottage, Landrake, St. Germans, Cornwall.
  • Personal Inscription NOT OUR WISH O LORD BUT THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1697
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