SALTER, Oliver

Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, France

Credit: Commonwealth War Grave Commission

Private

1st Battalion

Hampshire Regiment

Oliver was born on the 4th of May 1879 in Chale to Mary Ann SALTER. On the 31st March 1989 at Newport Registry Office, he married Alice Elzabeth ATTRILL & they lived at South Farm, Whitecroft (part of the County Asylum), where Oliver was Head Cowman. They had five children together.

Oliver, aged 36, was reported as Killed in Action by shell fire on the 16th of May 1915 & is buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension in France beneath a Commission Headstone. Oliver rests alongside 4,402 of his First World War comrades.

Oliver is also remembered on the County, Carisbrooke, Chale & Gatcombe War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.