| Notes: | MMP. 29/6/1900 he enlisted as a Gnr in the Royal Field Artillery No. 11028, age 19 years, born Plymouth, occupation Outfitter, address: 14 The Crescent, Taunton, Somerset, 13/1/1905 transferred to MMP, served as a Clerk in Orderly Room in Cairo for 2 years, 20/7/1908 discharged to Army Reserve B in Cairo, with his consent before the expiration of his period of service, occupation now Outfitter, he held a 1st Class Education Certificate, 6/1911 he returned home on the P & O ship SS Egypt, he caught Typhus and died at his fathers home. Served Home 29/6/1900 to 16/2/1905, Egypt 17/2/1905 to 20/7/1908, Army Reserve Egypt 21/7/1908, 22/6/1911 died home. Letter found in his army record; British Consulate, Cairo, Egypt. George Rolfe Oakley do solemnly and sincerely declare that I was enlisted on the 29th June 1900 under the name of George Rolfe which name I now declare to be incorrect. The name of George Rolfe Oakley contained in the accompanying certificate of birth, I now declare to be my true name, and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provision of Act made and passed in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty Kind William the Fourth, Chap 62, entitled "The Statutory Declaration Act, 1836. George Ralph Oakley, signature of soldier. Declared before me at Cairo this tenth day of June 1905. Signature of J P, Arthur L Alban, HBM Consul. Inscription on private gravestone: In Memory of William Oakley who died March 6th, 1880, for 30 years Governor of HM Prison, Taunton. Also of Ellen his beloved Wife, Died August 122th 1872. and of George Rolfe Oakley, Grandson, Died 22nd June 1911, age 29. (photo Mike Perring).
George Rolfe Oakley. |
UNITED KINGDOM
