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Private WILLIAM HENRY OAKES

Service Number: 4372
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 October 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY

VII. K. 7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Mary Jane Oakes, of 88, Eastham St., Lancaster.
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Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 5916
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