BOURNE Richard Augustus

  • First Name(s):
    Richard 
    Augustus 
  • Surname:
    BOURNE
  • Service Number:
    16479
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Lancashire Fusiliers
  • Battalion:
    2nd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    11th July 1917
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux, France, Grave I. E. 24.
  • Place of Birth:
    Stafford, enlisted Brierley Hill, Staffordshire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Henry William and Eliza Bourne, 19 Foundry Rd., Wall Heath, Staffordshire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

BOURNE Richard Augustus Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge Old Swinford Hospital School

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Additional information on the memorial: Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 11 July 1917. Age 20.

Further Information About BOURNE Richard Augustus

Richard Bourne was born on 4th April 1897, the son of Henry William and Eliza Bourne.  He entered Old Swinford Hospital on 20th June 1905 and left the school in April 1912 to go as Houseboy to G. Cartwright of Kingswinford.

Source for additional information: Old Foleyans Remembered Casualties of WW1 published by the Old Foleyans Association, October 1998.

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