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Gunner RICHARD COLTON

Service Number: 5256453
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

179 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 29 September 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GWAELODYBRITHDIR CEMETERY

Sec. B. Grave 3764.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hercules and Beatrice Colton; husband of Hilda Gladys Colton, of Tirphil.
  • Personal Inscription MY DARLING HUSBAND DICK. SADLY MISSED BY HIS WIFE GLADYS AND SON ALUN R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

GWAELODYBRITHDIR CEMETERY
Glamorganshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 38
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