Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Hedley Richards
In memory of:
Private John Hedley Richards
November 18, 1916
Military Service
163420
31
Army
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
75th Bn.
Military Medal
Military Medal
Additional Information
November 4, 1885
Tavistock, England
July 29, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Son of Thomas and Jane Richards, of Clifton, Bristol, England; husband of the late Myrtle Edith Thornton.
Commemorated on Page 154 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme, France
II. J. 29.
Miraumont is a village about 14.5 kilometres north-north-east of Albert and the Cemetery is some 3 kilometres south of the village on the east side of the road to Courcelette (D107). The ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY is signposted in the centre of Miraumont.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Details
Newspaper Clipping – Pte. John Hedley Richards enlisted in the 84th Battalion C.E.F. on July 29th, 1915 in Toronto, Ontario. This article and photograph appeared in the Toronto Evening Telegram on December 7th, 1916.
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