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Second Lieutenant HAROLD AUGUSTUS BOYD OLIVER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

Date of Death

Died 26 May 1918

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2

I. C. 8.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 4th Bn. Guards Machine Gun Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info (Served as KING). Youngest son of the Rev. George William and Alice Selina Oliver, of 45, St. James Square, Holland Park, London. An actor; joined in Nov., 1914, the 85th Field Amb. Served in France and Salonika, invalided home with malaria, afterwards receiving a Commission in the Irish Guards.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 462
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