We remember George Albert Riches

We remember George Albert Riches

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Timeline

Timeline

1890
birth Hoxne Suffolk United Kingdom Source:5520394 September 1890
1901
location Claxton Norfolk United Kingdom parents address Source:5520397 30th April 1901
1911
dates Age 20 Source:5520399 1911
1911
employment Labourer on Farm Grandfather George Riches Saxlingham Thorpe, Norfolk United Kingdom Source:5520399 1911
1913
marriage Ellen Poyntz Source:5520404 9th November 1913
1914
children Kathleen Ellen Riches Source:5520404 11th January 1914
1916
commission Unknown Source:5520404 January 1916
1916
children Ronald George Riches Source:5520404 28th September 1916
1916
theatres Mesopotamia :6b Source:5520404 2nd October 1916 - 26th July 1917
service British Army Private G/13278 Royal West Kent Regiment Source:3732378
1917
death War Related Sickness Died of heatstroke, temperatures were known to reach 50 deg C in the area Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force Iraq Source:5520402 26th July 1917

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names George Albert
Initials GA
Last Name Riches
Source 5520394
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Claxton Norfolk United Kingdom parents address known 30th April 1901
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army G/13278 Royal West Kent Regiment Private
Family
Children
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Kathleen Ellen Riches daughter 11th January 1914
Ronald George Riches son 28th September 1916
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Harriet Riches mother
Albert Riches father
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Ellen Poyntz wife 9th November 1913

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Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Janet2378
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Janet2378
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Janet2378
England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription Janet2378
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Janet2378

External Evidence

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Ancestry. com British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 forGeorge Riches Janet2378
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Janet2378

Multimedia

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Baghdad ( North Gate) War Cemetery Janice131533

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