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Sapper SAMUEL GEORGE OAKINS

Service Number: 177585
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Depot

Date of Death

Died 11 November 1917

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY

I. I. 20.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment transf. to (421646) 20th Coy. Labour Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Thomas and Emma Oakins, of Little Gaddesden; husband of Ethel E. Oakins, of 36, Little Gaddesden, Berkhamsted.
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Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2614
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