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G.E.W. Richards
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| Age at death: |
23 |
| Born: |
19 January 1892 |
| Full name: |
George Ernest Wilfred Richards |
Service, Regiment,
Corps, etc: |
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
| Unit, ship, etc: |
Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division |
| Enlisted: |
13 January 1913, Mersey Division |
| Rank: |
Leading Seaman M3/204 |
| Decorations: |
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| War (and theatre): |
WW1 (Dardanelles) |
| Date of death: |
3 July 1915 |
| Manner of death: |
DOW |
| Family details: |
Son of Edward F and Mahala W Richards, 7 Felden Street, Fulham |
| Residence: |
6 John Street, Egremont |
| Home department: |
Board of Trade - Mercantile Marine Office Staff |
| Civilian rank: |
Deputy Superintendent |
Cemetery or
memorial: |
Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Turkey (F.53) |
Additional information and photographs
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Photograph of grave of G E W Richards at Lancashire Landing
Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
(Courtesy of H Jenner)
Click on the image to view a larger version |
When George Richards enrolled in the RNVR at HMS Eagle in January 1913, he was 6' tall with brown hair and blue eyes,
a mean chest measurement of 34" and a scar on the right side of his neck. He enrolled with
K B Davis a colleague who was also a Deputy
Superintendent in the Mercantile Marine Office and who, like
Richards, lived in Egremont.
Nothing is known of either man's pre-war service. Richards'
short war service record has, however, survived and shows that he enrolled for overseas service, rated as Ordinary Seaman,
on 30 September 1914. The following year he was at Gallipoli with the RND (Nelson Battalion) and in June was in hospital
with dysentary (1/3rd East Lancs (TF) Field Ambulance). He died soon afterwards of wounds (gunshot wound(s) to the head)
at No.11 Casualty Clearing Station and is buried at Lancashire Landing Cemetery.
(Source: service record held at the Fleet
Air Arm Museum)
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