Name
Oliver Wilkins
27 Aug 1897
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/08/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Bugler
265633
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
1st/1st Bucks Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY
XII. E. 12.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
No Report
UK & Other Memorials
Tring Town Memorial, St Peter & St Paul Church Roll of Honour, Tring
Pre War
Wartime Service
Oliver enlisted as a Territorial soldier in the rank of Bugler 2280 in the 1st/1st Buckingham Battalion, Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He went to France on 30 May 1915 to join his Battalion as part of 145 Brigade, 48th (South Midland) Division. In 1916 they took part in the Battles of the Somme ( Albert 1-13 Jul, Pozieres 23 Jul- 3 Sep, Ancre 13-18 Nov). Oliver acquired the Serial 265633 in the renumbering of the Territorial Force in 1917. Also in 1917 his Battalion were part of the Pursuit of the German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line (14 Mar-5 Apr) and the Battle of Langemarck (16-18 Aug 1917 3rd Ypres or Passchendaele). Oliver was killed in this last action on 16 Aug 1917.
Additional Information
War Gratuity of £14 and arrears of £3 15s 4d was paid to his father Thomas.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Jonty Wild
