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Leading Aircraftman WALTER HUGHES RICHARDS

Service Number: 1313284
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 10 October 1941

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHIPPENHAM (LONDON ROAD) CEMETERY

Sec. 1. Row H. Grave 14.

United Kingdom

Headstone CH

Photographer: Richard Simms

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Cyril Duncan William and Mary Ray Richards, of Headington Quarry, Oxford. His brother, Robert Chaffer Richards, also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription IN HIS YOUNG EYES A SUDDEN GLORY SHONE... AND HE WAS GONE
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