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Trooper RICHARD HENRY RAINFORD

Service Number: 14546131
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C.

61st Regt.

Date of Death

Died 06 June 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

X. C. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Wilfred and Alice Rainford, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription OH, HEAVENLY STAR, SHINE ON THE GRAVE OF THE SOLDIER SON WE LOVED BUT COULD NOT SAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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