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Private RICHARD WILLIAM HIPWOOD

Service Number: 31499
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Regiment

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTALMAISON CHATEAU CEMETERY

I. B. 42.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. R. S. and Mrs. M. A. Hipwood, of 6, Victoria St., Stourbridge, Worcestershire. Native of Sunderland.
  • Personal Inscription FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTALMAISON CHATEAU CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 289
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