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Sapper RICHARD THOMPSON IRVING

Service Number: WR/260887
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

15th Broad Gauge Operating Coy

Date of Death

Died 21 December 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE

VII. D. 1A.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Elizabeth Irving, of 14, Low Row, Percy Main, North Shields.
  • Personal Inscription ROCK OF AGES CLEFT FOR ME
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Buried or commemorated at

LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1569
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