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The CWGC record that the inscription on the gravestone was signed off by a Mrs M Richmond of 282 Castle Street, Glasgow. |
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Private William Richmond is buried in Harlebeke New British Cemetery. The cemetery is located 32 kilometres east of Ypres in Belgium |
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Harlebeke village was taken on the night of 19-20 October 1918 by the 9th (Scottish) Division. |
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Private William Richmond was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers when he died on Monday 21st October 1918, just a couple of weeks before the war ended. |
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William Richmond was born in Kilrea. |