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Second Lieutenant RICHARD WAKE TWINING

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY

I. C. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Vincent W. Twining, of Salcombe, Devon. Enlisted Aug., 1914; Gazetted 101st Dragoon Guards Nov., 1914, exchanged to Devonshire Regt. Aug.,.
  • Personal Inscription JOINED FROM CAMBRIDGE AUGUST 1914 "COUNTING NOT THE COST FACED DEATH"
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