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Casualty No.: |
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Ranks: |
Private |
Initials: |
F |
Service No.: |
79655 |
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Date of Birth : |
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Place of Birth : |
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland |
Age at Death: |
24 |
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Unit: |
11th Bn Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) |
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Former Unit(s): |
18247 Northumberland Fusiliers. |
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Place Enlisted: |
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland |
Place of Residence: |
Wylam, Northumberland, |
Home Address: |
Whinfield, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. |
Previous Address: |
Drift Cottage, Wylam, Northumberland. |
Civilian Employment: |
Miner at Clara Vale Colliery. |
How Died: |
Killed in action |
Date of Death: |
Thursday 22nd August 1918 |
Place of Death: |
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Battle/Campaign: |
Battles of the Somme, France, 1918. |
Locally Commemorated: |
Clara Vale Colliery Memorial, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Commemorated on family grave in St John's Churchyard, Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co Durham.
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UK Commemorated: |
Wylam War Memorial, Wylam, Northumberland.
War Memorial, St Oswin's Church, Wylam, Northumberland.
Wylam School Memorial (Falcon Centre), Wylam, Northumberland.
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Overseas Commemorated: |
- |
Buried: |
Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France, reference II. E. 60 |
Decoration and Medals: |
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Photographs: |
4 |
Service Records: |
No |
Death Notice/Obituary: |
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Family Details: |
Son of Mrs E Richardson of 1 The Crossings, East Boldon, Co. Durham. |
Notes : |
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Sources Used: |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register.
Soldiers Died in the Great War.
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