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Company Serjeant Major WILLIAM ARTHUR RICHARDSON

Service Number: 8238
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 May 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2

II. B. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Son of C. and E. M. Richardson of 18, Kimberley Rd., Brighton. Native of Brighton.
  • Personal Inscription GOD SHALL WIFE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 462
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