Oldham Harold Cpl 4461578

Personnel Entry

Cpl H Oldham's CWGC headstone.

Name Oldham Harold
Army number 4461578
Rank Cpl
Decorations
Date of birth Born Lancashire 1915/16.
Age 28
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry - no enlistment date as yet, posted 11th Bn DLI. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 27/6/44 while with 11th Battalion DLI.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet known.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 27-Jun-44.
Home address Resident of Cheshire. Son of Charles Henry and Elizabeth Oldham, husband of Irene Oldham, Hyde, Cheshire. Buried Grave IV. F. 15. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
Source table 11DLI