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Richard Ditchfield

Details

Forename Richard
Surname Ditchfield
Middle Name
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 26
Address 8 Duke Street, Wigan
Parents' Address as above
Township Wigan
Rank Gunner
Occupation or place of work Collier at Alexandra Pit
Regiment Royal Field Artillery 51st Bde
Day of Death 17
Month of Death July
Year of Death 1918
Cause of Death Killed by a shell in action in France
Place of Burial Caestre Military Cemetery
Regiment Number 30064
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Son of George and Mary Ann
WO 25/8/17 reported wounded
CWGC, Ancestry, WE 20/8/18
Wigan Coal & Iron Co Records