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Air Mechanic 1St Class RICHARD STRETTON PORTSMOUTH

Service Number: F/7815
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Air Service

H.M.S. President.

Date of Death

Died 25 February 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SARRALBE MILITARY CEMETERY

A. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Croix de Guerre with Palm (France). Son of Richard and Helen Portsmouth, of 24, Farrant Avenue, Wood Green, London. Born at Dorking, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription THE BOY WHOM WE LOVE LIES THERE BUT HIS SPIRIT YET LIVES IN US
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Buried or commemorated at

SARRALBE MILITARY CEMETERY
Moselle France
Number of casualties: 107
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