278709 Private
7th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 154th Infantry Brigade, 51st (Highland) Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 8.9.17
Buried: Dozinghem Military Cemetery
VI.A.14
Family history: Son of John and Janet Nimmo Richards, Slamannan.
He died of his wounds.
The action leading to his death
The Battalion was located at the Canal Bank dugouts. On the 8 September the War Diary records that they had supplied a working party to strike Camp at Murat and had also been subjected to heavy shelling with 5 Other Ranks killed and 13 wounded.
(Linesman Map)
Medals Awarded:
The British War Medal, Victory Medal
