We remember Abraham Oakes

We remember Abraham Oakes

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1870
birth Sandbach United Kingdom Source:9002563 8th October 1870
1915
theatres Egypt :4 Source:9002560 1915
1915
theatres Gallipoli :2b Source:9002560 15th July 1915 - 1915
1918
dates Age 47 Source:9002563 16th January 1918
enlistment Sandbach, Cheshire United Kingdom Source:9495615
marriage Mary Ellen Source:9002563
service British Army Serjeant 566 Cheshire Regiment Source:3314665
service British Army Serjeant 290027 Cheshire Regiment 7th Battalion Source:9002563
1918
death War Related Sickness Caught malaria in Egypt, was invalided home and died in a military hospital on the 15th January 2018 from Myelitis (Infection of the spine caused by the malaria) United Kingdom Source:9002563 15th January 1918
burial Sandbach (st. Mary) Churchyard CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Cheshire With full military honours St Marys Church, Sandbach. His DOB is recorded on his headstone incorrectly at 49. CWGC are altering . recorded in nantwich guardian 25th Jan 1918 United Kingdom South-East 8.52 Source:9002563

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Abraham
Initials A
Last Name Oakes
Source 3314665
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 566 Cheshire Regiment Serjeant
British Army 290027 Cheshire Regiment 7th Battalion Serjeant
Awards
AwardTypeSource
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Territorial Force War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Mary Ellen wife
Physical
ComplexionEyesHairSource
fresh grey sandy
DateHeightSource
1891-02-16 5'10"

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription R58235
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription R58235

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MIC image (Ancestry) R58235

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Cheshire Regiment R58235
Sgt. Abraham Oakes Carl157166
War Grave for Sgt. Abraham Oakes Carl157166
Service record before WW1 Carl157166
Abrahams birth certificate Carl157166

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