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Private JOHN WILLIAM BROOKES RICHARDS

Service Number: 50630
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Suffolk Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 March 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY

II. A. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Richard and Frances Jane Richards, of Moss Side, Whitchurch, Salop. Eldest of three brothers who served in the war, two of whom fell.
  • Personal Inscription SON OF JOHN AND FRANCES RICHARDS MOSS SIDE, WHITCHURCH SHROPSHIRE
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Buried or commemorated at

WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 366
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