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6205671 Private Richard Alfred Kaywood

Killed/died of wounds/other causes as the result of operation ‘Market’
Photograph of Hero Killed In Action


Born on: 11 Aug 1922
Died on: 15 Jan 1945
Died at:
Aged: 23
Buried at: He died as a prisoner of war and is buried in Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery 11.F.1.

Rest in Peace Private Kaywood:
11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.


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