We remember William Oswald Lake

We remember William Oswald Lake

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Timeline

Timeline

1897
birth Source:9200140 1897
1916
service South African Services Private 5616 2nd South African Infantry Fought at Delville Wood Source:9216801 July 1916
1916
death Killed in Action front of the Butte de Warlencourt, Somme France Source:9200140 12th October 1916
burial Warlencourt British Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais France I. C. 5. Source:9200140
sibling Charles Lake Source:9472744
location Umkomaas, Natal South Africa parents address Source:9200140

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names William Oswald
Initials WO
Last Name Lake
Source 9200137
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Umkomaas, Natal South Africa parents address
Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
South African Services 5616 2nd South African Infantry Fought at Delville Wood Private
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Jane Lake mother
Henry Charles Lake father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Charles Lake brother

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Evidence

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Official Records

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Guy74824
South Africa Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Transcription Guy74824

External Evidence

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South African War Graves Project DR117137
South African War Graves Project DR117137

Multimedia

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Insignia DR117137
SOE Memorial, Johannesburg, South Africa DR117137
Warlencourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais 1 Vincent96527
Warlencourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais 2 Vincent96527

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