Lance Corporal Sidney Oliver

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Oliver, Sidney

Date of birth: 1870-07-24

Place of birth: Hartington Derbyshire

Next of kin: Mary Oliver (Daughter,) Greenwood, British Columbia

Marital status: married

Occupation (attested): Miner

Address: Trail, British Columbia

Religion: Church of England

Date of death: 1915-04-24

Cause of death: Killed in action

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 23428

Highest Rank: Lance Corporal (7th Battalion)

Rank detail

Lance Corporal, 7th Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: no

Battle wounded/killed: Attack at St. Julian

Commemoration location: Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial Panel 18 - 28 - 30

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.

CWGC ID: 1595043

LAC ID: 544068

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2

Service file: B7454-S019

Uploader's Notes:

Son of James and Dora Oliver, Hartington, Buxton, England; husband of Sophia E. Oliver, of Trail, British Columbia.

He is father of 23429 Pte. William Evlyn Oliver also KIA 24 April 1915 and 931564 Pte. James Oliver KIA 09 April 1917. gar.

PREVIOUS SERVICE 2 YEARS 45TH FOOT, 4 YEARS 3RD DRAGOON GUARDS

Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 7th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2014-03-31