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245195 Lt. Richard George French British Arrmy 73rd Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery from:Okehampton, Devon (d.6th December 1941) Richard French was an Exhibitioner and State Scholar at Exeter College, Oxford having previously attended Marlborough College. He was reading Modern History. He was a member of the French seed and forage merchant family from Devon. On the outbreak of WW2 he left his studies at Oxford and enlisted in the Royal Artillery. After training he was posted to North Africa in the autumn of 1941 in the 73rd Anti-Tank Regiment as part of the allied armies fighting the Germans and Italians. He was killed in action aged 21 on 6th of December 1941 (near Tobruk I believe). It is understood the vehicle he was travelling in was destroyed by a German tank. He is buried at the CGWC Cemetery of Knightsbridge at Acroma. He is also commemorated on the WW2 memorials at Exeter College Oxford and Marlborough College. Posted in memory of him and his beloved sister Mary Catherine French who died in 2016 aged 94. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.