Lieutenant Richard Edward Deane Oliver

Date published: 24/11/1916
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 07/09/1916
Cemetery: Becourt Military Cemetery, Becordel Becourt, Somme, France
Plot: I. W. 6.
Information: Lieutenant Richard Edward Deane Oliver R.K., only son of Mr. Charles Deane Oliver, M.Inst., C.E., of Rockmills House, and grandson of the late Mr. Justice Litton, was killed in action in France on July 7th, 1916. He was in his 26th year, and had been educated at Mr. Bookey's School, Bray, Shrewsbury School, and T.C.D., where he graduated in Arts and Engineering. On the outbreak of the war he gave up a responsible position on the Manchester Ship Canal to take a commission in the Royal Engineers, and was killed instantaneously by a shot while engaged in the construction of a new line of trenches on the Western front.
Additional information: Original publication gives date of death incorrectly as 7th July 1916