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Private JOSEPH RICHARDSON

Service Number: 21/741
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

"D" Coy. 21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 October 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

VIII. C. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Hannah Richardson, of 6, Huddersfield Rd., Liversedge, Yorks. Native of Bradford.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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