LIONEL BERNARD OLIVER
Born: 1889, Basingstoke, Hampshire.
Died: 2nd April 1918; age 29; KiA.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Rank: Company Sergeant Major; Service Number: 27472
Regiment: Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 2nd Battalion.
Formerly 1319, Army Cyclist Corps.
Grave Reference:
II.A.5.
France.
Brother to CYRIL EDWARD OLIVER.
CENSUS
1901 61, Sirdar Road, Ipswich.
Lionel was 12 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Thomas Oliver, born Dublin, Ireland.
Ellen Oliver (nee Duggan), born Lambeth, Surrey.
Gertrude Maud Oliver, 13, born Basingstoke, Hampshire.
Edward Oliver, 7, born Lambeth.
Cyril Edward Oliver, 5, born Stratford, Essex.
Wilfred Oliver, 4, born Stratford.
Caroline Oliver, 3, born Lambeth.
1911 India.
Lionel was 23 years old, a Soldier ranked Rifleman, in The Rifle Brigade.
Lionel is also remembered on St. Pancras Catholic Church Ipswich WW1 Memorial
Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 2nd Battalion
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