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Private Robert Richmond

 

Richmond

 

Private Robert Richmond, 9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Service No. 40661. Formerly North Irish Horse, Service No. 821. Born Killeshandra, County Cavan. Enlisted Cavan. Son of Mrs B. Richmond of Flora Villa, Belturbet, County Cavan. Embarked for France on 20 August 1914 as part of C Squadron, North Irish Horse. Killed in action on 20 October 1918, aged 30. Buried at Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave VII.A.14. The gravestone inscription reads:

40661 R. RICHMOND

ROYAL INNISKILLING FUS.

20th OCTOBER 1918 AGE 30

I AM THE RESURRECTION

AND THE LIFE

JOHN XI 25

 

Image kindly provided by Richard Evans. See his website Nelson, Glamorgan and the Great War http://www.nelson-ww1-memorial.org.uk.