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Corporal WILLIAM THOMPSON OXLEY

Service Number: 28085
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

"B" Coy. 15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 October 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY

XII. A. 7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Jane Oxley, of Pensbury House, Church Lane, Ferryhill, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH THE BODY BE ABSENT THE SPIRIT IS EVER NEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 5916
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