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Military service
Service number:
40871
Age:
24
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
1st Bde.
Death:
August 16, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. E. 14.
Additional information
Son of Mr. W. E. and Mrs. M. A. Richardson, of 80, Morris Avenue, Fernie, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Gunner William Richardson
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Mémorial
War Memorial, Fernie and District, British Columbia. Dedicated by Lord Byng on May 24th, 1922. Inscribed: ERECTED TO PERPETUATE OUR HONOURED DEAD AND THOSE WHO CARRIED ON IN THE GREAT WAR FROM FERNIE B.C. AND DISTRICT. -
Inscription
Detail of statue and names listed on the War Memorial for Fernie and District, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Richardson
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Richardson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 316 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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