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Second Lieutenant RICHARD FORBES LOWNDES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

5th Bn. attd. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 November 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FRANKFURT TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

B. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment (Battalion Lewis Gun Officer).
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sir George Lowndes, K.C.S.I., R.C., of Crow Hill Ringwood, Hants, and of Hilda Julia, his wife (nee Forbes).
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Buried or commemorated at

FRANKFURT TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 161
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