Frank Laurie Richards

In memoriam

First Name: Frank Laurie Initials: F L Surname: Richards DOB: Circa 1921 Age: 20 Birth Town: London Resided Town: London Nationality: British Date of Death: 27/04/1941 Information: SON OF ARTHUR LUKE RICHARDS AND HETTY GEORGENA RICHARDS, OF HANWELL, MIDDLESEX. Rank: Signalman Service Number: 2581935 Service: British Army Regiment: Royal Corps Of Signals Battalion: 1st Armoured Brigade Signals (2nd Armoured Divisional Signals) Commemorated: Greece Place of Death: Middle East One of four men of a signal detachment who were killed in action at sea on 27 April 1941 when the Dutch troopship D.S.S. Slamat and the destroyers H.M.S. Diamond and H.M.S. Wryneck were sunk in air attacks east of the Peloponnese in the evacuation during the Battle of Greece. The others from this detachment who were killed were Lance Corporal E. G. Jones and Signalmen L W Jackson and G. H. V. Wood. Thirty-one Royal Signals all ranks from several units were lost

Locația mormântului