Webb Richard Joseph 2/Lt

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Surname: Webb;

Forename(s): Richard Joseph;

Initials: RJ;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Born in: Manchester;

Resided in: Stockport;

Previous Number: 761896;

Previous Battalion: 28 of;

Previous Regiment: London Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 47 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 47 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 25 Bn;

How killed: DOW;

Where: France;

When killed: 01-Jun-1918;

Other Data: b 7/5/1897 Manchester
disch to Commsn 26/1/1917 - MGC
joined 47 Coy 26/6/1917
wounded 28/2/1918
See: History of 25 Div - p 298
POW Germany 27/5/1918 - GSW left side of face - died in German Field Hospital at Lappion
ICRC Ref:PA 29842/37859
NOK: Mrs M Webb (mother)56 Common View, Epsom.
Salford AVL: Fairhaven, Singleton Rd;

Other Notes: WEBB, Second Lieutenant, RICHARD JOSEPH, 25th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 1st June 1918. Age 21. Son of Mary Alice Webb, of "Fairhaven," Dean Lane, Norbury Moor, Stockport and the late Arthur Baker Webb. II. G. 1. La Ville-aux-Bois British Cemetery - Aisne, France.;

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