Service Details
Name:
 RICHARDS
Given Name:
 ARTHUR SYDNEY
Initials:
 A S
Service No:
 9287
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1916-10-18
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Age:
 37
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. During the night of the 18-19th October, a company of the 3rd S.A.I. moved forward to the front line in Pearse's Trench.
Additional
Information:
Son of Arthur William and Mary Richards, of Godmanchester, Hants, England. Husband of Maria Margaretha Richards, of 69, Mine View, Premier Mine, Transvaal. Was of the last South African group relieved on the 20th July at Delville Wood.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 VIII. E. 23.

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