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Trooper ERIC GEORGE RICHARDS

Service Number: 7904005
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

4th

Date of Death

Died 23 November 1941

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

12. E. 1.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Gladstone Richards and Lily Richards, of Islington, London. His brother Frederick Harry also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription HOW SHORT WAS HIS LIFE HOW SWEET THE REST GOD SENDS FOR THOSE HE LOVES BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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