Private John William Oldham, 3702364, 1st Battalion King’s Own Royal Regiment. 

 

1898 Apr/Jun Born Ashton under Lyne, Lancs

1901 census living at 26, Old Cross Street, Ashton Under Lyne

1911 census living at 26 Old Cross St, Ashton - Under - Lyne

1915 Nov 10 Landed in France

1921 Feb 16. Died of wounds at King George V Hospital , Dublin, having been shot accidentally by a guard on duty at the Royal Hospital, Dublin. Nothing in the papers but his regiment record it thus.

Buried in Ashton-Under-Lyne (Hurst) Cemetery, Lancashire

 

British Soldiers died in Ireland