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Corporal OLIVER WILLIAM RISLEY

Service Number: 2068
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

1st/16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 January 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

II. C. 33A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Risley, of Richmond, Surrey, and the late Lce. Cpl. H. W. Risley.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS ALL HIS LIFE FOR US
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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