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Private R RIVERS

Service Number: 6/1446
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 April 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

II. B. 6.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Isaac and Ellen Rivers, of Spennymoor, Co. Durham; husband of Maria Bailey (formerly Rivers), of 6, Blandford St., Dean Bank, Ferryhill, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription HE NOBLY DIED TO SAVE OTHERS REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 621
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