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Private J S Oliver

The contributors father, Private J S Oliver of the Warwickshire Regiment was taken to hospital with shell shock after the Battle of the Somme. He was invalided out of the Army and died aged 93. Photograph of J S Oliver with his regiment, April 1915, 3 medals belonging to J S Oliver and a memorial service pamphlet. The contributor, Henry Oliver, attended the service.
Photograph of J S Oliver. 3 medals. Memorial service pamphlet and photograph of J S Oliver.

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CONTRIBUTOR

Henry Oliver

DATE

1916

LANGUAGE

eng

ITEMS

20

INSTITUTION

Europeana 1914-1918

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UGC

Contributor

europeana19141918:agent/98b0b9e97ead009ef11d028513a0c8dd

Date

1916

Type

Story

Language

eng
English

Country

Europe

DataProvider

Europeana 1914-1918

Provider

Europeana 1914-1918

Year

1916

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2020601_Ag_ErsterWeltkrieg_EU

Begin

1916

End

1916

Language

mul

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Henry Oliver | europeana19141918:agent/98b0b9e97ead009ef11d028513a0c8dd
J S Oliver | europeana19141918:agent/9bd5f05647dcbd0beba129544845d73d

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2020-02-25T08:59:18.485Z
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2013-05-16 13:14:43 UTC

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BA23

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