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Private WILLIAM CHARLES RICHINGS

Service Number: 15172
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 March 1915

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY

I. D. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Catherine Richings, of Longmans, Avening, Stroud, Glos.
  • Personal Inscription YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3448
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