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Corporal CHARLES RICHARDSON

Service Number: 270516
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Hussars

"C" Sqdn. 1st/1st

Date of Death

Died 16 October 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BLEUET FARM CEMETERY

II. A. 6.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Mary Richardson, of Cleadon, Sunderland; husband of Florence Richardson, of Elderhurst, Meadowfield, Durham.
  • Personal Inscription LEAD KINDLY LIGHT AMID THE ENCIRCLING GLOOM LEAD THOU ME ON
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Buried or commemorated at

BLEUET FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 452
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