A volunteer is searching for the family of a soldier who died in the Second World War and was buried in a town in the Netherlands.

Tracey van Oeffelen is searching for the family of Driver Thomas Corfield, who was from Oldham.

Driver Corfield died on May 23, 1945, as a result of injuries which he sustained in a road traffic accident while on duty. 

He is now buried in the CWGC Venray War Cemetery in Venray, the Netherlands and his grave will be involved in a special commemoration held by the people in the town to remember the service and sacrifice of the UK soldiers buried there.

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Driver Corfield is one of 200 men who researchers such as Mrs van Oeffelen have been unable to find an image of. 

Mrs van Oeffelen is from Ascot and has been using tools such as the national archive as well as contacting Oldham Archives for help finding an image. 

The image of Dvr Corfield is important to the commemoration as every one of the 663 graves in Venray cemetery has been symbolically adopted by local people to leave flowers and candles at. 

The Dutch foundation Stichting CWGC Venray War Cemetery create metal photograph plaques which are placed on the grave to honour the fallen.

They also try to give every man his story, leaving information for the adoptees to learn about the soldier whose grave they tend to. 

With the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Venray this year, the foundation want to find his image in order for the special commemoration.

Mrs van Oeffelen said: "We're just reaching out to see if there's anyone in the Corfield family who can help give us more to his story and so importantly, a photo.

"It's quite emotional, sometimes you see these photos come through and these soldiers look like they're barely fresh out of school.

"But Dvr Corfield had a family, all of these men were somebody's grandson, son, brother, husband.

"Quite often, family members love to hear that the grave has been adopted because they can't be there and to know that there's people putting flowers and looking after the grave is lovely."

Driver Thomas Corfield was 27 years old when he died and was the son of Thomas and Mary Corfield. 

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He was married to Hilda Corfield and they lived at 19 Nile Street, Oldham in 1939 when he was working as a mule spinner as well as being part of the special constabulary. 

Thomas and Hilda had two children, Bernard, who was born and died in 1931, and Veronica who married Jeffrey Ogden before having two children, Sharon and Mark Ogden. 

Mrs van Oeffelen said she had tried to contact Sharon on social media but had not been successful. 

A letter found in the national archives addressed to Hilda Corfield and dated May 30, 1945 notified her of her husband's death. 

The letter, from the Royal Corps of Signals, reads: "It is with the deepest regret that I have to inform you of that your husband died on 23 May 45 in Western Europe.

"There is little I can say to comfort you in your bereavement but on behalf of the Royal Signals, I would like to express my sympathy." 

If you believe you may have information or an image of Driver Thomas Corfield, please get in touch at jessica.rothwell@newsquest.co.uk