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Rifleman RICHARD CHAMBERS SPRINGETT

Service Number: S/11762
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 December 1915

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY

IV. N. 23.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Enlisted in 9th Lancers, Aug., 1914. Son of Catherine Ellen Springett, of 46, Harsnett Rd., Colchester, and the late Edward George Springett.
  • Personal Inscription GOD HIS WATCH IS KEEPING THO' NONE ELSE BE NEAR"
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Buried or commemorated at

SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1990
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