2719097 Lance-Serjeant Robert Charles RICHES, 2 Armoured Irish Guards: 01/08/1944

Date of Enlistment: 1939
Date of Death: 1 August 1944

Army Number: 2719097
Rank: Lance-Serjeant
Name: Robert Charles RICHES
Unit: 2 Armoured Irish Guards

 

2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards: Pre-embarkation List, May 1944


No. 1 Squadron, 2 Armoured Irish Guards
No 1 Troop

Serial: 65
Vehicle No: 147336
Type of Vehicle: Sherman

165062 Lieutenant MACONCHY M K, Tp Offr
2719097 Lance-Serjeant RICHES R, D/Op
2721186 Guardsman DAVIDSON E, G/Op
2718042 Guardsman HUGHES B, G/Mech
2716675 Guardsman TOBIN J, D/Mech

Total Officers: 1
Total Other Ranks: 4

 

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LANCE SERJEANT ROBERT CHARLES RICHES
Service Number: 2719097
Regiment & Unit: 2nd Bn. Irish Guards
Date of Death: 01 August 1944
Age 24 years old
Buried or commemorated at ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave Reference: Coll. grave I. C. 10.
Location: France
Additional Info: Son of Samuel Thomas Ritson Riches and Jessie Violet Riches, of Gorleston, Norfolk.
Personal Inscription: DEATH DIVIDES BUT MEMORY CLINGS. LOVING MUM AND DAD, SISTERS AND BRIAN

 

Campaign Stars & Medals : 4:0

• 1939-45 Star
• France & Germany Star
• Defence Medal
• War Medal 1939-45

Address of NOK redacted (Application made in 1948):