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Sapper RICHARD GILCHREST

Service Number: 2000532
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

9 Bomb Disposal Coy.

Date of Death

Died 18 October 1940

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COVENTRY (LONDON ROAD) CEMETERY

Square 348. Coll. grave 46.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Annie Hilda Gilchrest, of Gorton, Manchester.
  • 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

COVENTRY (LONDON ROAD) CEMETERY
Warwickshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 226
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