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Basil B Oliver, Lieutenant served with Border Regiment, 1st (Airborne) Bn..
Service number: '109526'. Date of death: 1944-08-17. Age: 23. Country: France.
Buried at Ranville War Cemetery, grave reference IA. E. 4..
SON OF THOMAS SHERWOOD OLIVER AND DOROTHY OLIVER; HUSBAND OF MARGARET EMILY OLIVER, OF WALLASEY, CHESHIRE.
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