Name
Oliver Fred Field
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
10/07/1916
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
12845
Bedfordshire Regiment
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2C
France
UK & Other Memorials
Holy Trinity Church Memorial, Weston
Pre War
Born in 4 April 1893 in Weston, Herts to George and Cornelia Field of Fore Street, Weston, Herts Baptised in Weston on 21 May 1893. 1911 Census: living with family in Weston, Nr Stevenage, Herts and working as a domestic gardener.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in Hitchin in the first month of the war. During the First Battle of the Somme, he was killed by a shell and died instantly. He was buried on the battlefield the same day (according to a letter sent by his friend, Corporal Turner).
Additional Information
Oliver's brother Alec also joined up and was gassed in Flanders, but recovered and served in Egypt. Eldest brother George was a Petty Officer in the Navy and was lucky to survive when his ship, HMS Bedford, sank off China. Another brother, Frank, was in t
Acknowledgments
Peter Handy, Brenda Palmer
