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Private WILLIAM ALBERT OAKES

Service Number: PLY/869(S)
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marine Light Infantry

2nd R.M. Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 18 October 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COUIN BRITISH CEMETERY

III. B. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Winifred Oakes, of Crewe, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

COUIN BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 404
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