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Sapper RICHARD EDWARD GALLIFORD

Service Number: 1878400
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

24 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 24 March 1945

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

53. F. 17.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Richard Edward Alfred and Ann Jane Galliford, of Colchester, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription WITHOUT FAREWELL YOU FELL ASLEEP, WITH ONLY MEMORIES LEFT FOR US TO KEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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