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Lance Serjeant JOHN RICHARDS

Service Number: 1879024
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

4 Bomb Disposal Coy

Date of Death

Died 05 January 1944

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALBERTON (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD

N.W. part. Grave E.274.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Ann Richards, of Halberton; husband of Dorothy Richards, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.
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Buried or commemorated at

HALBERTON (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD
Devon United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 5
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