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Serjeant EDWARD RICHARDS

Service Number: 35162
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XXVI. L. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Edward and Mary Ann Richards, of Benwick, March, Cambs; husband of Mary J. Richards, of Wenny Rd., Chatteris, Cambs.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY DONE R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5523
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