Private 72351 Garnett RICH

Private 72351 Garnett Rich{gallery}Pte G Rich{/gallery}1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Killed in action in the Hundred Days Offensive, France and Flanders, 2nd September 1918 aged 28

• Buried: Vaulx Hill Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave II.C.25
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Samuel and Mary Rich
• Husband of Elsie Rich [nee Rayson]. Married Jul Qtr 1915 at Foleshill
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Rich
• Vaulx Hill Cemetery
• Cheshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1887 at Birkenhead, Cheshire
  
• Lived at 88 Chapel Street, Netherton, Dudley [1891 and 1901]
• Lived at Ansley Lane, Galley Common, Atherstone [1911]
• Employed as a coal miner / banksman [1901]
• Enlisted at Nuneaton