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Identity
Person No.
21460
Service No.
590620V
Last Name
Richmond 2
First Name
Rex Frank
Initials
R F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1926 (±1 yr) 140
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
17 April 1945 181
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,436
Died of wounds, at Monte Sole
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Durban Light Infantry 161
Later renamed Durban Light Infantry (1961)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Italy 1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY 401
Grave Reference
III, D, 4. 1
Coordinates
44.14397, 11.16183 OSM
Memorial
Roll of Honour of the Royal Durban Light Infantry, 1939-1945 (panel 2 of 2) Source: kznpr.co.za (KZN: A Photographic Historical Record)
Names on WWII Roll of Honour
Memorial
Durban Light Infantry Chapel (Chapel of St Michael & St George)
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
5 DLI Avenue, Durban, South Africa
Coordinates
-29.84722, 31.01583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
WWII Roll of Honour
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Awards
1939-45 Star
1939-45 Star
United Kingdom
Italy Star
Italy Star
United Kingdom
War Medal 1939-1945
War Medal 1939-1945
United Kingdom
Africa Service Medal
Notes

Son of F. B. and Margaret Richmond. Entitled to 1939/45 Star; Italy Star; WM, ASM

Research notes


K.M. Jordan, Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Roll of Honour ("working document", Aug 2026 draft; email to John & Bobby, 4 Sep 2026, marked "not 100% correct"): RICHMOND, Rex Frank (Son of Frank Bisley & Margaret (nee Smith) Richmond of Empangeni, Zululand.) 590620 V Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Empangeni, Zululand 3/3/1926; a farmer before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in Italy; wounded in action at Monte Sole, Italy; died of wounds. Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. Castiglione South African Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on the Empangeni; the Zululand (in Eshowe) & the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorials & on “B” Company, RDLI WWII Memorial, - originally at Pennington, now housed at the DLI HQ.) 17/04/1945 9QBG-MGT 19

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