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Private RICHARD JOSEPH HITCHENS

Service Number: 75816
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART

I. H. 13.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest and Louisa Hitchens, of 34, Warwick Rd., Twickenham, Middx.
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART
Somme France
Number of casualties: 380
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