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Private BERNARD JAMES OAKLEY

Service Number: 4034754
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 October 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY

IV. E. 4.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Laura Oakley, of Iverley, Staffordshire.
  • Personal Inscription HIS VIRTUES WITH HIMSELF GONE SHALL LIVE WHEN EARTHLY MONUMENT IS NONE
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Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 281
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