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Private JOHN OAKES

Service Number: 7940
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 April 1915

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALVAIRE (ESSEX) MILITARY CEMETERY

I. M. 10.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Annie Oakes, of Calder Terrace, Hopton, Mirfield, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED

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Buried or commemorated at

CALVAIRE (ESSEX) MILITARY CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 218
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