Private
Richard Groves
Military Details
Service Number: 11249
Regiment & Unit / Ship
7th Border Regiment
Awards and Medals
The 1914-15 Star
The Victory Medal
The Silver War Badge
Enlistment Details
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
6th
Service Number at Enlistment
11249
Service History
13/12/1915 - Listed as wounded , Location Mediterranean , on War Office lists. Awarded Silver Badge Number B314160 5/10 /1918 Discharged from Army .Reason for discharge Paragraph 392 King's Regulations (xvia) Surplus to military requirements (having suffered impairment since entry into the service)
Personal Details
Date of Birth
11 July 1886
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
C of E, St Johns Crossfield, Cleator Moor
Address
61 Montreal Street , Cleator moor
Residence (Census)
61 Montreal Street , Cleator Moor
Residence (Roll of Honour)
61 Montreal Street , Cleator moor
Parents
Richard & Isabella Groves (nee Wilson)
Siblings
Anne Edith, Isabella, Robert, William, Jane, Joseph
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Coal Agents Labourer
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
24th December 1918
Age at Death
32
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds
Place of Death
At Home
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
7th
Rank at Death
Private
Buried or Commemorated at
CLEATOR MOOR (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD
United Kingdom
Grave Position: In South West part
Private Memorial: St Johns War Memorial
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