Service Details
Name:
 OLIVER
Given Name:
 EGBERT CONRAD
Initials:
 E C
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 Hood Bn. R.N. Div.
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Date of Death:
 1917-02-05
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Date of Birth:
 1887-10-13
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, the 189th Brigade of the 63rd (Royal Naval Division) attacked Puisieux Trench in the Ancre Valley. From the British Official History, this operation was "one of the hardest-fought and most confused of the secondary actions". The action was costly. The casualties of the Brigade amounted to 24 officers and 647 men.
Additional
Information:
Son of Norman Robert Dicey Oliver and Egbertha Sophia Margaret Oliver (now Mrs. Wilson), of Campbell St., Fort Beaufort, South Africa. Educated at Bedford Modern School, Bedford, UK during the period 1900 - 1904
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 QUEENS CEMETERY, BUCQUOY
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Grave Reference:
 II. G. 10.

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