Richards Maurice Tom Lieut

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Surname: Richards;

Forename(s): Maurice Tom;

Initials: MT;

Rank: Lieut;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 189 Coy;

How killed: DOW;

Where: France;

When killed: 23-Sep-1917;

Other Data: war diary 189 Coy - "accidentally shot - died of wounds"
ex-T/Lt. RNVR - arrived in 189 Coy 19/6/1917
T/Lt. Maurice Tom Richards
MGC attd. 189th Brigade Machine Gun Company 23/09/17 DOW
Comm. T/S/Lt. RNVR 7/7/17 ;
Draft for BEF 30/7/16, posted to 188MGC 1/8/16-17/5/17 to MG Base Depot
camiers for 190MGC,
posted to 51st Division 27/5/17,
to 189th Coy. from 153rd Coy. 19/6/17,
trans to MGC as T/Lt. 26/6/17-23/9/17 DD.
FR 113: Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun.
b.11/10/1895 ;
NoK & H/A: Father, Capt. Thomas E. & C.F. Richards, 237 Francis Ave.,
Southsea, Hants., later of 73 Devonshire Ave., Southsea, Portsmouth.;

Other Notes: RICHARDS, Lieutenant, MAURICE TOM, 189th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 23rd September 1917. Age 21. Son of Capt. T. E. and Mrs. C. F. Richards, of 73, Devonshire Avenue, Southsea, Portsmouth. V. B. 20. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun - Pas De Calais, France.;

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