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Captain MERVYN STRONGE RICHARDSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 March 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POINT 110 NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT

D. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Youngest son of Capt. Arthur Percy Richardson and Ethel Mary Richardson, of Purton House, Purton, Wiltshire. Captain of the Boats, Radley College, Leander Club. Previously wounded April, 1915.
  • Personal Inscription I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE LEANDER
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Buried or commemorated at

POINT 110 NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 64
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