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Flight Sergeant JOHN EDWARD RICHARDS

Service Number: 1313845
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

61 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 11. G. 14-17.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank Branson Richards and of Harriett Louise Richards (nee Bowman), of San Francisco, California, U.S.A. His brother Branson also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY, AND HIS COUNTRY
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