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Pte. Richard Rutland Hartley

British Army 9th Btn. East Surrey Regiment

from:London

(d.3rd Sept 1916)

Private Richard Rutland Hartley was killed in action at Delville Wood during the Battle of the Somme on 3rd September 1916 at the age of 25. War diaries of the 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment record him as wounded on 3rd September 1916, and other sources as 'died of wounds'.

Remembered by his family and, in particular, his sister Phoebe Elizabeth Hartley (my grandmother). Now remembered by his family in 2014 on the 100th Anniversary of the start of the First World War.



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