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Pioneer WILLIAM OAKDEN

Service Number: WR/25086
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

340th Railway Construction Coy.

Date of Death

Died 02 June 1918

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONGPRE-LES-AMIENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Isabella Oakden, of 26, Clifford St., Nelson, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription MEMORY IS A FLOWER THAT NEVER FADES FROM HIS LOVING WIFE & CHILD
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Buried or commemorated at

LONGPRE-LES-AMIENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3
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