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Military service
Service number:
M/31466
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Loyal Edmonton Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
January 11, 1915
Carbondale, Alberta
Enlistment:
May 5, 1941
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
November 2, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. D. 9.
Additional information
Son of Charles and Pearl Rich (1968 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother), of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Brother of Private George Rich, who died while serving with the Loyal Edmonton Regiment and Wren Mary Rech who died while serving with the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service.
Digital gallery of Private William Rich
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen, November 1968. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM RICH
From the Loyal Edmonton Regimental magazine the Fortyniner. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM RICH
From the Loyal Edmonton Regimental magazine the Fortyniner. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering siblings lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private William Rich
Digital gallery of
Private William Rich
Digital gallery of
Private William Rich
Digital gallery of
Private William Rich
Digital gallery of
Private William Rich
Digital gallery of
Private William Rich
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 207 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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