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Oakey, Walter, Rifleman, C/7665, 21st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps Born Woodville, Derbyshire Enlisted Burton on Trent, Staffordshire Resided Church Gresley, Derbyshire Killed in action 30th July 1917 aged 26 Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

1911 Census A bricklayer's labourer Son of George, a sanitary pipe works labourer, and Mary Ann Oakey, of 6, Nelson Buildings, High Street, Woodville, Derbyshire