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Sapper WILLIAM FREDERICK RICHARDS

Service Number: D/15081
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Engineers

9 Field Sqn.

Date of Death

Died 26 January 1945

Age 41 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

XVI. C. 16.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Husband of Audrie E. Richards, of Drummondville, Province of Quebec.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT HE COULD KEEP US FREE. O GOD, KEEP HIM CLOSE TO THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 2619
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