In Memory Of

RICHMOND, FREDERICK EWALD

Service Details
Age:
 25
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 847
Rank:
 Gunner
Unit:
 74th Siege Bty.
Regiment:
 South African Heavy Artillery
Date of Death:
 1916-11-20
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).
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 C. 14.
Cemetery:
 COURCELLES-AU-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of the late Frederick and Mary Richmond, of Kimberley. Born Cradock. A clerk.