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Rifleman RICHARD WILLIAM LONG

Service Number: 6918201
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

Date of Death

Died 30 October 1941

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TIDWORTH MILITARY CEMETERY

Sec. D. (C. of E.). Grave 171.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard William and Edith Long, of Porthtowan, Cornwall.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON, BELOVED
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Buried or commemorated at

TIDWORTH MILITARY CEMETERY
Wiltshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 564
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