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Pioneer JOHN OLIVER

Service Number: 227832
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

305th Road Construction Coy.

Date of Death

Died 17 September 1917

Age 43 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY

I. D. 77.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Richard and Annie Oliver, of Spithop Head, Otterburn; husband of Isabella F. Oliver, of Capheaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF MY DEAR HUSBAND CAPHEATON, NEWCASTLE ON TYNE
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Buried or commemorated at

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