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Second Lieutenant HENRY STOKES RICHARDS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 01 August 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SHORNCLIFFE MILITARY CEMETERY

M. 660.

United Kingdom

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and 12th Bn. Essex Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sydney Henry and Isabella Emma Richards, of Christchurch, New Zealand. M.A. 1st Rhodes Scholar Canterbury College, New Zealand.
  • Personal Inscription WHILE HE LIVED HE LIVED WELL AND HIS DEATH BECAME THE MANNER OF HIS LIFE
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SHORNCLIFFE MILITARY CEMETERY
Kent United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 699
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