Inscription
6363 SERJEANT
F J OAKLEY
SUFFOLK REGIMENT
11TH MAY 1915 AGE 31
†
AT REST
WITH THE POPPY OF FLANDERS
HIS DUTY DONE FOR ALL
Further Information
Frederick Jacob Oakley
Son of James Oakley and Emma Oakley (née Boreham), of Glemsford, Suffolk.
Born : 1884, Glemsford, Suffolk.
Married : 1910, Alice Annie Eliza Morris, at United Methodist Chapel, Quay Street, Newport, Isle of Wight.
Census Information :
1891 : At Chequer Lane, Glemsford, Suffolk.
1901 : At Brook Street, Chequers Lane, Glemsford, Suffolk.
1911 : Frederick and Alice Oakley, with their daughter Violet, are at 9 Victoria Road, Newport, Isle of Wight.
Frederick Oakley is a Storeman in the Flour and Corn Trade.
CWGC record ...
Commemorated on the following Isle of Wight Memorials :
County War Memorial, Carisbrooke Castle
Newport Borough War Memorial
Newport St Paul's Church War Memorial
Documents and Newspaper cuttings
Name recorded in the National Railwaymen's Order of Service, St Paul's Cathedral 14 May 1919.
Pass Guard with the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway.
Newspaper entry : OAKLEY - Killed in action with the British Expeditionary Force, May 10, Sergt.
Fred Oakley, 2nd Batt. Suffolk Regiment, the dearly-loved husband of Alice Oakley (née Morris, Niton),
aged 31. He was one of the best. - Mrs. Oakley desires to express her
heartfelt thanks to all who have shown her such true and kindly sympathy in her great loss.
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