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Military service
Service number:
B/11676
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
July 26, 1921
Thorold, Ontario
Enlistment:
March 25, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 7, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 3.
Additional information
Son of George and Lucy Richards of St. Catharines, Ontario.
Husband of Rosina Richards, of Brixton, London, England.
Digital gallery of Private Elmer Alphonso Richards
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Grave marker
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Photo of ELMER ALPHONSO RICHARDS
Elmer Alphonso Richards About 1939 Picture taken in Thorold, Ontario Child in picture is a first cousin once removed his name is Francis Edmond Tierney. -
Grave Marker
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Grave marker
Holten Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022 -
Cemetery
Holten Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the St. Catharines Standard c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the St. Catharines Standard c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Elmer Alphonso Richards
Digital gallery of
Private Elmer Alphonso Richards
Digital gallery of
Private Elmer Alphonso Richards
Digital gallery of
Private Elmer Alphonso Richards
Digital gallery of
Private Elmer Alphonso Richards
Digital gallery of
Private Elmer Alphonso Richards
Digital gallery of
Private Elmer Alphonso Richards
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 558 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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