Lc Cpl.
Richard Bawden
Military Details
Service Number: 2029
Regiment & Unit / Ship
1st/5th Border Regiment
Enlisted
26 October 1914
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
26 October 1914
Place of Enlistment
Workington
Residence at Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Pte
Battalion at Enlistment
1st/5th
Service Number at Enlistment
2029
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1889
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
C of E
Residence (Census)
31 Croft Terrace ,Egremont
Parents
Joseph and Mary A Bawden ( nee Steele)
Siblings
Mary
Married
Margaret
Children
Lillian (died aged 4 in 1914)
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Miner labourer Below Ground
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
12th June 1916
Age at Death
25
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Ypres
Theater of Action
Flanders
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
1st/5th
Rank at Death
Lc Cpl.
Buried or Commemorated at
RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Grave Position: II. T. 4.
Private Memorial: 5th Border
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