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Private JOHN RICHARDSON

Service Number: 39262
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

"B" Coy. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 April 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

XVII. A. 30.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Isabella Richardson, of Victoria Terrace, Pelton Fell, Co. Durham. Employed at N.E.R. Accountants' Offices, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription LOVED IN LIFE LAMENTED IN DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3324
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