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Surname: OLIVER
Forename(s): Harry
Place of Birth: March, Cambridgeshire
Service No: 104326
Rank: Gunner
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Garrison Artillery
Battalion / Unit: 15th Coy
Division: ---
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-03-24
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CWGC Cemetery: ---
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Non-CWGC Burial: HOME - UNKNOWN
Local War Memorial: STEETON-WITH-EASTBURN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Harry Oliver was the son of Thomas and Harriet Oliver, née Palmer. Both parents were born at March, Cambridgeshire.
1891 March, Cambridgeshire Census: George Street - Harry Oliver, aged 5 years, born March, son of Thomas and Harriet Oliver.
1901 Keighley, Yorkshire Census: 37, Church Street - Harry Oliver, aged 15 years, born March, Cambridgeshire. [Harry was living with his sister, Mary E. and brother-in-law, Henry Town.
Harry was married to Lydia Miller in 1906.
1911 March, Cambridgeshire Census: Nene Parade - Harry Oliver, aged 24 years, born March, son of Thomas Oliver, widower. [Harry, Lydia and their children were living with his father.]
The British Army Service Record for Harry Oliver exists but may be incomplete. [Harry was discharged, 4 May 1917 and received the Silver War Badge. At the time his address was 3, Skipton Road, Steeton, Yorkshire.]
The British Army Pension Record for Harry Oliver exists but may be incomplete.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Gnr Harry Oliver, 104326, R.G.A. Date and Place of Death: Dis. 4.5.17. Died after discharge. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Lydia. £3 0s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Harry. Discharged: 4.5.17. Date and cause of death: 24.3.18. Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Pneumonia, agg. by A. S. Widow: Lydia, born 11.5.85. Address: 3, Skipton Road, Steeton, Nr Keighley, Yorks. Children: Henry Oliver, born 3.4.06. Cyrile, born 26.6.07. Doris, born 6.12.08. Marjorie Irene, born 18.6.15.
Photograph: Courtesy of Jessica Thomson.
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Gunner Harry OLIVER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Garrison Artillery
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Gunner Harry Oliver
Courtesy of Jessica Thomson
Marriage of Harry Oliver (son of Harry and Lydia) and Celia Ellen Gathercole 26 September 1936
Second from right: Lydia Oliver, née Miller. Far right: her son Cyril
Courtesy of Jessica Thomson
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