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Lance Bombardier Cyril William Richards

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Korean War Monument

Citation(s);

Canadian Korea Medal
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Military service

Service number: SK-8468
Age: 24
Rank: Lance Bombardier
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Artillery
Division: RCA
Birth: March 15, 1928 Sherbourne, Dorset
Enlistment: January 12, 1951 Vancouver, British Columbia
Death: March 11, 1953 South Korea

Burial/memorial information

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Grave reference: 21.11.1388
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Son of Lionel William and Evelyne Bessie Richards of Dorset, England. Brother of Christopher, Raymond, Gordon Stanley, Barbara Evelyne and half-sister Patricia.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 63 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN) South Korea

The United Nations Cemetery is located in Tanggok, a suburb of Busan. The land for the cemetery was granted to the United Nations by the Republic of Korea as a tribute to all those who had laid down their lives in combatting aggression and in upholding peace and freedom. There are 2,267 servicemen buried in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery. Of these 1,538 were Commonwealth soldiers, including 376 Canadians.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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