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Leading Aircraftman VERNON JOWETT RICHES

Service Number: 1137289
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

659 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 03 February 1945

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MIERLO WAR CEMETERY

III. F. 6.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harold Riches, and of Elsie Riches, of Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE LOVED AND LOST KNOW WHAT THIS WAR HAS COST. REST IN PEACE, SON
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Buried or commemorated at

MIERLO WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 666
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