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Sapper JOHN JOSEPH RICHARDS

Service Number: 1868076
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

11 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 21 August 1942

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XIII. J. 11.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Violet Mary Richards, of Brixton Hill, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE SLEEPS IN A CORNER OF A FOREIGN FIELD THAT IS FOR EVER ENGLAND
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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