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Lieutenant WILLIAM ALBERT RICHES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Artillery

5 Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

XX. D. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of James Russell Riches and Clara May Riches, of Aberdeen, Saskatchewan.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2960
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