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Corporal WILLIAM PURVES RICHARDSON

Service Number: 351140
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEVEL CROSSING CEMETERY, FAMPOUX

I. B. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Mary Richardson, of Margaret Place, Roslin, Midlothian.
  • Personal Inscription OH FOR THE TOUCH OF A VANISHED HAND OR THE SOUND OF A VOICE THAT IS STILL
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Buried or commemorated at

LEVEL CROSSING CEMETERY, FAMPOUX
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 405
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