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Rifleman RICHARD HUMPHREY COXON

Service Number: 1931
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

"C" Coy.

Date of Death

Died 21 July 1915

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY

AI. 24.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas William and Edith Margaret Coxon, of 311, Upper Richmond Rd., Putney, London.
  • Personal Inscription AND NIGHT SHALL FOLD HIM IN SOFT WINGS
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 586
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