Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Second World War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

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Pte. Edward Oliver

British Army 2/5th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment

from:East London

(d.17th Jan 1944)

I know very little about my father, Edward Oliver, I was just two years old when he was killed at Monte Cassino. My mother found it very hard to talk about him and remained a war widow for fifty five years. I have often wondered why he was in the Tigers as he always lived in the East end of London and, as I understand, never went to Leicester at all.

My family and I have visited Cassino several times and are members of the Monte Cassino society. We were shocked to see that, at the age of 29, he was one of the oldest men in the cemetery.



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