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Harry Richards

Harry Richards
Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
55694
Unit at enlistment: 
19th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
November 24th, 1915
Cemetery: 
Ridge Wood Military Cemetery - Ypres, Belgium - II.L.5.
Commemorated at: 
St. Luke Anglican Church, Slingsby Manufacturing Co. Plaque
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
West Yorkshire
Birth city: 
Bradford
Address at enlistment: 
115 Grand River Avenue, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
115 Grand River Avenue, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Dyer
Employer: 
Slingsby Mfg. Co. Ltd.
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
29

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Ridgewood, South East of Dickenbusch.

BX November 3, 1914

Watches For Volunteers

Presentations are the order of the day in local military circles.  With the soldier boys leaving on Friday morning, the time yet to elapse is very short, and the members of the different units of the Dufferin Rifles seized the occasion before inspection last evening to make several presentations.

The brass band met before being called out and presented Sergeant Miller with a wrist watch, Bandsmen Beattie and McCutcheon doing the honors for the occasion.

The bugle band also met before the inspection, honoring Bugler Beech and Drummers Richards and Frost with wrist watches and Gillette razors each, as tokens of the band’s esteem for the trio, all of whom have enlisted for active service.

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