Identity
Person No.
21714
Service No.
31620
Last Name
First Name
Richard Thomas
Initials
R T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, during attack on Bardia, North Africa. When "C" Coy got to their final objective, they were pinned down under heavy MG fire and sniper fire. He moved forward some 50 yards and while attempting to throw a grenade at the sniper, he was hit and the exploding grenade killed him. He was recommended for the award of the D.C.M.(Post)
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Mounted Rifles, later Armoured Car
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Formed 21 September 1899 as the Imperial Light Horse (Second Boer War). Volunteer unit in the Transvaal Volunteers 1902-1913, then transferred to the Active Citizen Force as "5th Mounted Rifles (Imperial Light Horse)" in 1913. Reformed as an armoured regiment 1949; split into 1 LHR/2 LHR 1975 (Border War era), reamalgamated 1997. Renamed Johannesburg Light Horse Regiment 2019.
Notes
Son of Anthony Richard and Margaret Jane (nee Clarke) Roderick, of 91 Persimmon Street, Malvern, Johannesburg. Born in London. An apprentice motor mechanic. He was unmarried
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