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Sapper R OLBY

Service Number: 36600
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 13 October 1916

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

VIII. F. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment posted to Canadian Field Troop. Canadian Forces
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Selina Olby, of 3, Pym Rd., Mexborough, Rotherham.
  • Personal Inscription EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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