Name
Oliver Dedman
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/05/1917
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
602525
Canadian Infantry
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VIMY MEMORIAL
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
The Church of St Mary the Virgin Memorial, Albury
Pre War
Oliver was born in 1893, the son of Thomas and Emma Dedman of Patmore Heath. He was the brother of Frederick Dedman (q.v) who was also killed in WW1. In 1911 he was recorded as a farm labourer, but it seems as if he and his brother Frederick then both
Wartime Service
When war broke out he enlisted and left Canada with the 2nd Bn. Canadian Infantry and landed at Plymouth in October 1914, then, after training, left for France in February 1915. It seems as if he was killed at the battle for Vimy Ridge. He must have be
Additional Information
After his death he was recorded as the Son of Thomas H. and Emma Dedman, of Patmore Heath, Albury, Little Hadham, Herts.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
