Service Details
Name:
 WAKEFIELD
Given Name:
 RICHARD SHEPSTONE
Initials:
 R S
Service No:
 114766
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Artillery
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Unit:
 1 Field Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1941-12-15
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Age:
 41
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, at Sidi Omar
Additional
Information:
Son of Samuel Thomas and Annie Maud Wakefield. Husband of Edna Filsell Wakefield, of East London. Was an attorney. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. On East London Golf Club Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 10. A. 1.

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