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Rifleman G OLDROYD

Service Number: 628
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

20th (Northern) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 February 1916

Age 45 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

D. 334.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Sophia Oldroyd; husband of the late M. A. Oldroyd. Born at Ossett, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription A FAITHFUL HUSBAND FATHER AND FRIEND ONE OF THE BEST THAT GOD COULD LEND
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Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2411
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