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In memory of:

Sapper Ernest Frank George Richards

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Military service

Service number: 243500
Age: 42
Rank: Sapper
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Engineers
Division: Inland Water Transport
Enlistment: British Columbia
Death: July 17, 1917

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: IV. H. 1.
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Eldest son of Frank Graham Richards and Theresa Matilda Richards, husband of Helen Richards, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 580 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BASRA WAR CEMETERY Iraq

The cemetery is about 8 kilometres north-west of Basra, a town on the west bank of the Shatt-al-Arab, 90 kilometres from its mouth in the Persian Gulf.

Note: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission strongly advises that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office should be contacted before attempting to visit Iraq.

Their details are as follows:
Travel Advice Unit Consular Division Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Old Admiralty Building
London, England
SW1A 2AF
Tel: 0207 008 0232/0233
Fax: 0207 008 0164

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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