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Military service
Service number:
337856
Age:
24
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
6th Brigade
Birth:
January 6, 1893
Death:
June 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. G. 45.
Digital gallery of Gunner William Percy Richings
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Honour Roll
"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of William Richings
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Memorial
The Cenotaph at Memorial Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, was dedicated on August 7th, 1927 by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII), and unveiled by Brigadier General W. B. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.O. The names of St. Catharines men who died as a result of their service during World War I are listed on two bronze tablets located at City Hall. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of WILLIAM PERCY RICHINGS
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Percy Richings
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Percy Richings
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Percy Richings
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Percy Richings
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Percy Richings
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Percy Richings
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Percy Richings
AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Aubigny Communal Cemetery is south of the village of Aubigny-en-Artois and the Cemetery Extension is behind it. The village of Aubigny-en-Artois is approximately 15 kilometres north-west of Arras on the road to St. Pol. After turning into the village from the N.39 on the D.75, the Cemetery lies south on a road leading from the centre of the village.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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