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Sapper OLIVER JOHN MEAKINS

Service Number: 1921029
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

121 Road Constr. Coy.

Date of Death

Died 23 February 1942

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY

11. A. 3.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Oliver and Ada Harriet Meakins, of Potterspury, Northamptonshire.
  • Personal Inscription MANY A LONELY HOUR MANY A SILENT TEAR, THO' YOU LIE SO FAR AWAY TO ME YOU ARE SO NEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
Berlin Germany
Number of casualties: 3864
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