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VC592 Alfred Joseph Richards
BORN 21 June 1879
DIED 21 May 1953 AGE 73
VC Won 25 April 1915 AGE 35
Place VC Won W Beach, Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Alfred Joseph Richards No. 1293 ELECTED BY REGIMENT
VC Issue No. 592 Awards VC
Regiment Lancashire Fusiliers, 1st Battalion, C Company
Later
Now Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth Plymouth, Devon, England
Place Of Death At his home, 69 Astonville Street, Southfields, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes Putney Vale Cemetery, Kingston Road, London, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Block U-794 (Class H-31059)
Gazetted 24 August 1915
VC Presented 26 September 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Putney Vale Cemetery, Kingston Road, London, England
P Richards Way, Putney Vale Cemetery, London
P Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial Stone, Wandsworth Town Hall, Wandsworth, South London
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, The Hoe, Plymouth, Devon
By The Way…
A new headstone was put up in 1967
VC Held By
Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M.
