Identity
Person No.
21416
Service No.
7268
Last Name
First Name
Clifford Joseph
Initials
C J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Son of Henry Wright Richards and Jane Ochiltree Richards, of 64, Rapson Rd., Stamford Hill, Durban, Natal. His brother also died on service. Commemoration stone in Durban (West Street) Cemetery. Served in Rebellion 1914, South-West Africa 1915, Overseas 1915-17. Attended Glenwood Technical High School, Durban
Citations
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External References
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K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: WWI Roll of Honour ("Work in Progress" draft, July/Aug 2026; email to John/Bobby, 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_wwi_roh_2026-08.pdf (Downloads: "1. Durban Light Infantry WWI ROH - July, Aug 2026.pdf"). WWI ROH #123 Lance Corporal RICHARDS, Clifford Joseph, age 21, Force No 7268, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Durban; an ironmonger’s assistant before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in the Afrikaner Rebellion 1914 & in GSWA.1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France & Belgium; killed in action east of Frezenburg Ridge, Ypres, Belgium. (His younger brother Henry Pringle also died on the same day in WWI.) Buried/commemorated: Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery, Belgium. (Also, on family commemoration stone in West Street Cemetery, Durban; on the DTHS /Glenwood; St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church; St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Greyv…
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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