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Squadron Serjeant Major RICHARD TIRRELL SHRIMPTON

Service Number: 285021
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAIX BRITISH CEMETERY

I. AA. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Louisa Mary Shrimpton, of 46, William St., New Marston, Oxford.
  • Personal Inscription LOST AWHILE OUR TREASURED LOVE GAIN'D FOR EVER, SAFE ABOVE
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Buried or commemorated at

CAIX BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 373
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