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Military service
Service number:
R/88652
Age:
20
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
418 Sqdn.
Death:
May 20, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 13. Row 2. Coll. grave 29-30.
Additional information
Son of George H. Riches and of Gladys L. Riches (nee Phillips), of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 109 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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AMERSFOORT (OLD LEUSDEN) GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands
Amersfoort is a town lying 50 kilometres south-east of Amsterdam, and 22 kilometres north-east of Utrecht. The Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery is about 2.5 kilometres from the railway station, in an area known as Oud Leusden. The graves are in a special plot, well sited among trees.
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