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Leading Seaman CHARLES JAMES RICHARDS

Service Number: D/JX 163523
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Shoreham.

Date of Death

Died 02 July 1941

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

7. A. 5.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Violet May Richards, of Plymouth.
  • Personal Inscription NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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