PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: OLIVER, James Ashley DOB: 1922, 2nd Quarter Place of Birth: Cockermouth, Cumberland Residence: Cumberland Trade/Profession: Parents: James E. and Sarah B. Oliver nee Mills, of Keswick, Cumberland, married 1922, Cockermouth Cumberland Photo: SERVICE Army/Personal Number: 2723305 Rank: Guardsman Regiment/Battalion: Irish Guards, 2nd Armoured Battalion. As at 01/09/1939: Enlisted: Soldier's Will: Pre-embarkation list, May 1944: Ref CASUALTY CWGC Link: Casualty Details CWGC Certificate: Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45 Date of Death: 02/08/1944 Age at Death: 22 Casualty Type: Died of Wounds Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY Cemetery Plan: Grave Reference: XXVI. E. 6. Cemetery Photo: Headstone Photo: Grave Registration: Grave Concentration: Headstone: Reburial Date: 20/09/1945 Original Burial Place / Map Reference: St. Jean des Essartier, 6F/4 1/50,000, 681545 Inscription: A beautiful memory Is all we have left Of a son Who was one of the best Army Casualty List (WO 417): J A Oliver 2723305 1944 Irish Guards MEDALS Campaign Medals: REFERENCES War Diaries: War Diary: 2nd Armoured Battalion IRISH GUARDS, Jan - Dec 1944 Archive Files: Publications: Accounts: Newspaper: War Memorial: Roll of Honour- Cumberland - Keswick WW2 - The Second World War: The WW2 casualties of Keswick, Cumbria Websites: Irish Guards: Roll of Honour - WWII Open Resource Group Grdsmn James Ashley Oliver ( - 1944) - Find A Grave Memorial ARMY bayeux war cemetery, france
Casualty Guardsman OLIVER, JAMES ASHLEY Service Number 2723305 Died 02/08/1944 Aged 22 2nd Bn. Irish Guards Son of James E. and Sarah B. Oliver, of Keswick, Cumberland. INSCRIPTION: A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY IS ALL WE HAVE LEFT OF A SON WHO WAS ONE OF THE BEST Buried at BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY Location: Calvados, France Cemetery/memorial reference: XXVI. E. 6. See cemetery plan
