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Military service
Service number:
270238
Age:
39
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
50th Bn.
Birth:
June 14, 1878
Death:
August 20, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. F. 7.
Additional information
Son of the late Alfred and Hannah Riches, of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England; husband of Kate L. Riches, of 11, Mintern Avenue, Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Private Alfred William Riches
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Commemorative Plaque
Today the 1914-1918 war memorial plaque for the Massey Harris Company is located on the outside of their former head office at King Street West, Toronto, Ontario. This plaque includes a separate list for the men who were employed at the Brantford Works. -
Photo of Alfred William Riches
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Group Photo
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Grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred William Riches
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred William Riches
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred William Riches
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred William Riches
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred William Riches
FOUQUESCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Fouquescourt is a village in the Department of the Somme, 35.5 kilometres east of Amiens and 8 kilometres due north of Roye. The Fouquescourt British Cemetery is a little north of the village on the east side of the road to Maucourt.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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