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Name: Richard SMITH
Casualty No.: Ranks: Lance Sergeant Initials: R Service No.: 19/1566
Date of Birth : - Place of Birth : Stargate, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Age at Death: 0
Unit: 19th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Former Unit(s):
Place Enlisted: Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham.
Place of Residence: New Seaham, Co. Durham.
Home Address: New Seaham, Co. Durham.
Previous Address: Stargate, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Civilian Employment:
How Died: Killed in action
Date of Death: Monday 25th March 1918
Place of Death: France
Battle/Campaign: Second Battles of the Somme, France, 1918. First Battle of Bapaume, 24th-25th March 1918. 104th Brigade, 35th Division, VII Corps, Fifth Army.
Locally Commemorated: No
UK Commemorated: -
Overseas Commemorated: Pozieres Memorial, France.
Buried: No known grave
Decoration and Medals:
Photographs: 1
Service Records: No
Death Notice/Obituary: No
Family Details:
Notes :
Sources Used: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers died in the Great War.
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