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Private RICHARD BURTON FRANCE

Service Number: 3281
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

2nd/6th Bn. attd. 22nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 September 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2

IX. C. 11. (Sp. Mem.).

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Frances Elizabeth France, of 1, Endsleigh Gardens, Leigh, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription TRANQUIL YOU LIE YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED
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Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 7138
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