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Second Lieutenant RICHARD POWELL SCHOLEFIELD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

"W" Coy. 16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 July 1916

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE

I. D. 63.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Ernest and Elizabeth Scholefield, of Poulton Hey, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription THE ANGEL OF THE LORD SHALL LIFT THIS HEAD
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Buried or commemorated at

LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 896
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