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Gunner WILLIAM BENJAMIN RICHARDS

Service Number: 965036
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"D" Bty. 235th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAVELINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

B. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Jane S. Richards, of 600, Woolwich Rd., Charlton, London.
  • Personal Inscription GONE FROM OUR HOME BUT TO MEMORY EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

BAVELINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 54
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