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Lance Corporal WILLIAM AUSTIN RICHARDS

Service Number: 5252387
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Worcestershire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 29 May 1940 and 05 June 1940

Buried or commemorated at

DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY

Sp. Mem. Plot 2 Row 8 Grave 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter Austin Richards and Katrine Clarice James Richards, of Mt. Hawke, Cornwall; husband of P. M. Richards.
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Buried or commemorated at

DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1269
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