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Military service
Service number:
471064
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
26th Bn.
Birth:
March 24, 1895
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. N. 46.
Digital gallery of Private James Shields Richards
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Grave marker
Photo courtesy Keith Boswell, England
Digital gallery of
Private James Shields Richards
POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Pozieres is a village some 6 kilometres north-east of Albert, and the POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, which is enclosed by the Pozieres Memorial, is a little south-west of the village on the north side of the main road, D929, from Albert to Pozieres.
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