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William Thomas Downes Richards

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  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone at Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium. Courtesy of Murray Biddle
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Cheltenham Gloucestershire
William Thomas Downes Richards was born in 1878. He was married in 1907 to Beatrice Rowe who was born in 1885 at Coalville Leicestershire. They lived at 3 Howard Street, Sutton in Ashfield before moving to 35 Handel Street Sneinton Nottingham.
William Richards worked as a grocer's assistant.
21 Jul 1917
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Gunner
301st Siege Bty Royal Garrison Artillery
Following training Richards was drafted to France. His battery took part in the Third Battle of Ypres, where the artillery took particularly heavy casualties. He was killed in action on 21/07/1917 and buried at Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery Grave Reference: I H 19.
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  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone at Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium. Courtesy of Murray Biddle
    William Thomas Downes Richards - Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone at Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium. Courtesy of Murray Biddle

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