Army Number: 2621222 Rank: Guardsman Name: R SUMNER Unit: 1 Irish Guards Theatre: Italy Missing Personnel file: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file TNA Reference: WO 361/784 Notes: Date of Payment 1944, 2000 Local Currency or 10 shillings, 1 Reception Camp CMF ; Died of Wounds 4 February 1944
Casualty Guardsman SUMNER, RICHARD Service Number 2721222 Died 04/02/1944 Aged 28 1st Bn. Irish Guards Son of John and Isabella Sumner, of Croston, Lancashire. INSCRIPTION: THE SHOCK WAS GREAT THE BLOW SEVERE TO LOSE A SON WE LOVED SO DEAR Buried at ANZIO WAR CEMETERY Location: Italy Cemetery/memorial reference: IV, V, 5. See cemetery plan
