Service Details
Name:
 RICHMOND
Given Name:
 FREDERICK EWALD
Initials:
 F E
Service No:
 847
Rank:
 Gunner
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Regiment:
 South African Heavy Artillery
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Unit:
 74th Siege Bty.
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Date of Death:
 1916-11-20
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Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds. The Battery was at Colincamp since the 7th October 1916 in a position really untenable for a heavy battery, without cover and a favourite target for the German artillery. On the 20th November, the enemy kept up a severe bombardment all day, and four gunners were killed (the three men buried at Courcelles and Bombardier Frank Birt buried in Couin British Cemetery).
Additional
Information:
Son of the late Frederick and Mary Richmond, of Kimberley. Born Cradock. A clerk.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 COURCELLES-AU-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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Grave Reference:
 C. 14.

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