In Memory Of
OLIVER, EGBERT CONRAD
Service Details
Age:
29
Date of Birth:
1887-10-13
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
Hood Bn. R.N. Div.
Regiment:
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1917-02-05
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II. G. 10.
Cemetery:
QUEENS CEMETERY, BUCQUOY
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
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
