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Pte. William Oakes
British Army 8th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Ashbourne, Derbyshire
(d.3rd June 1918)
William Oakes joined up in late August 1916, aged 32. A bricklayer by trade, as detailed in his joining papers, his record shows that he qualified as a bomber. He died of wounds and is buried at the cemetery near Signy-Signet.