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Rifleman RICHARD GILBERTSON

Service Number: 8885
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1916

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT

I. H. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Esther Gilbertson, of 47, Smith St., Kirkdale, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON DEAR HUSBAND IN YOUR DISTANT GRAVE AND REST IN PEACE AMEN
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Buried or commemorated at

BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 713
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