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Lieutenant Colonel GRIFFITH POWELL RICHARDS

Service Number: 41421
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Staffordshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 April 1944

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY, CHATTOGRAM

7. F. 11.

Bangladesh

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of the Revd. David Richards, M.A., and Catherine Jane Richards, of Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. Served with the "Chindits".
  • Personal Inscription ESCAPED FROM A JAPANESE GAOL TO DIE GLORIOUSLY WITH THE CHINDITS IN BURMA
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Buried or commemorated at

CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY, CHATTOGRAM
Bangladesh
Number of casualties: 755
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