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Serjeant RICHARD JAMES WILD

Service Number: 6089821
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

1/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1940

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELMES WAR CEMETERY

VI. A. 5.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Ellen Wild; husband of Lily May Wild, of North Camberwell, London.
  • Personal Inscription BUT WE SHALL BE ONE, BELOVED IN THE STREAM OF LIFE DIVINE AS RIVER FLOWS TO OCEAN MY SOUL SHALL FLOW TO THINE
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Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELMES WAR CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 233
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