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Squadron Leader WILFRID CYRIL RICHES

Service Number: 121448
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

635 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 06 July 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MILLAM CHURCHYARD

Grave 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar
  • Additional Info Son of Horace Benjamin and Edith Ann Riches, of Eastbourne, Sussex. His brother, Aubrey Eugene, also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON, BELOVED. WE LOVED THEE WELL BUT JESUS LOVED THEE BEST. GOOD NIGHT
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