Tom and Bert were my grandmas elder brothers, she was only about 8 went they joined up and went overseas. Tom was sent home on bereavemnet...
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Thomas Oakland
Bugler
Service No. 200286
Age 21
Died on 14 February 1919
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
WAKEFIELD CEMETERY
Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Son of Walter and Elizabeth Oakland, of 4, Grantley St., Warrengate, Wakefield. His brother Herbert Oakland also fell.
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My great uncle - Grandma never forgot you or Bert, and always observed Remberance Day in your memory x
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An uncle I never got to meet. Working on silk paintings for Wakefield Cathedral for their Ww1 symphony. Grandma never forgot you.
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At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.
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Painting today for the panels to accompany the WW1 new symphony at Wakefield Cathedral, I thought about the great uncles I never got to meet.
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This is Tom's final resting place
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