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Valérie Albert Richard

In memory of:

Private Valérie Albert Richard

July 21, 1917
Cité St-Pierre, Lens, France

Military Service

Service Number:

666440

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

April 29, 1895
Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

April 20, 1916
Moncton, New Brunswick

Son of Hippolyte Richard and Marguerite Saulnier, of Moncton, New Brunswick. Husband of Blanche-Lillian True, of Salisbury, Massachusetts.

Commemorated on Page 315 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

XIX. D. 6.

Location:

Loos (Loos-en-Gohelle) is a village to the north of the road from Lens to Bethune. From Lens, take the N43 towards Bethune. Arriving at Loos, turn right at CWGC sign post. The LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY is about 1 kilometre from Loos Church in the southern part of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of death registers

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  • Wartime diary– Extract from the War Diary of the 22nd Battalion which specifies the place of his death. The Cité St-Pierre (Pit n ° 11) was to the north-west of the Lens, that is to say towards Liévin.

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    Wartime diary
    Wartime diary – Extract from the War Diary of the 22nd Battalion which specifies the place of his death. The Cité St-Pierre (Pit n ° 11) was to the north-west of the Lens, that is to say towards Liévin.
  • Cross of Sacrifice– The Cross of Sacrifice: It was either given to his widow or given to his mother to commemorate the loss of a loved one.

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    Cross of Sacrifice
    Cross of Sacrifice – The Cross of Sacrifice: It was either given to his widow or given to his mother to commemorate the loss of a loved one.
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