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NAME:                      Oswald, William Digby
RANK:                      Lieutenant Colonel  (Lieutenant - Acting Major in SDGW)
UNIT:                      5th Dragoon Guards
BATTALION ETC:             Attached 12th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Died of wounds 16th July 1916   (15th in SDGW)
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-le-Sec, Somme, France
OTHER INFORMATION:         DSO. Age 36. Son of Thomas Ridley Oswald and Wilhelmina Catherine Oswald.
                           Husband of Catherine Mary Oswald of St. Winning, Weymouth, Dorset.