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Flying Officer WILLIAM HAROLD RICHARDS

Service Number: 128667
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

61 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 15 August 1943

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

VII. C. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Harold and Bessie Richards, of St. Ives, Cornwall.
  • Personal Inscription GOD'S GREATEST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE. MOTHER AND FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 603
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