Cemetery: Gordon Dump Cemetery Ovillers-La Boisselle
Country: France
Area: Somme
Rank: Serjeant
Force: Army
Official Number: 3/2827,
Unit: 10th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Country of Service: British
Details: Killed in action 1st July 1916. Age 32. Son of Oliver and Elizabeth Oakes of 12 2nd St. New Crofton Wakefield; husband of Mary Ellen Preston (formerly Oakes) of 56 Hastings Avenue Sandal Wakefield. X. G. 3.
Photograph by Martin Harvey / David Milborrow