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Private G W OAKES

Service Number: 12862
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Suffolk Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 September 1915

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY

XXVIII. D. 5.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Nathan and Amelia Oakes, of Station Rd., Laxfield, Framlingham, Suffolk.
  • Personal Inscription HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 4759
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