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Thomas Richards

In memory of:

Sergeant Thomas Richards

February 13, 1944
Camp Niigata-Rinko 5B, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

E/30185

Age:

43

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Pacifi Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information

Born:

April 29, 1900
Edmundston, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

August 11, 1940
Ste. Rose du Dégelis, Quebec

His full name is Thomas Medley Kingdon Richards. Son of Thomas Medley Richards and Gertrude Reid.

Thomas first married Lana True Everette, with whom he had two daughters, Bertha Beryl Richards and Gladys Ethyl Patricia Richards. Thomas remarried to Marian Radcliffe. His daughter Bertha Beryl Richards served as a nurse in Europe with the American Forces during the Second World War.

Thomas served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C, in Japan as prisoner of war. He had 1,282 days of service, including 839 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 427 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan

Grave Reference:

Sec. B. A. 8.

Location:

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY is 9 kilometres west of the city on Yuenchi-Dori, Hodogaya Ward, which branches left off the old Tokkaido highway. The nearest railway station is Hodogaya, 5 kilometres to the north on the JNR line but the cemetery is easily reached by bus from Yokohama station.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Thomas Richards– In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me.

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