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Private WILLIAM ALBERT OAKINS

Service Number: 18356
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 September 1916

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XXXII. K. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Emily Oakins; husband of Jessie Harriet Oakins, of 25, Citizen Rd., Hornsey Rd., Holloway, London.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN BY HIS JESS AND 4 CHILDREN
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Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5523
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