Private Percy Richards
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1879-11-17
Place of birth:
Next of kin: May E. Richards, of 28 Wilkinson St., Sheffield, England.
Marital status: married
Date of death:
1918-06-27
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Halifax Memorial, Panel 2.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 523324
Highest Rank:
Private
Rank detail
Private (Army).
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle torpedoed 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U86
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
599139
Service file: B8236-S009
Uploader's Notes: Son of Basil Richards, of London; Husband of May E. Richards, of 28 Wilkinson St., Sheffield, England. Private Percy Richards had also served in the South African War.
The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberatly torpedeod and most survivors, including 14 Nursing Sisters were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for the Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.
The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberatly torpedeod and most survivors, including 14 Nursing Sisters were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for the Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2013-07-20