210777 Cpl. Richard William Greene British Army 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders from:Crumlin, Northern Ireland (d.23rd Oct 1944) My cousin Richard Greene was in the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders and was killed in an attack on a HitlerJugend Stromgpoint on 23rd August 1944 aged 24. He saw service in the desert and Sicily campaigns, and boxed at Btn. level.
His last letter home from a hole he dug in a field somewhere in Normandy written 3 days before his death, talks of how he was thoroughly sick of war. He was fighting for revenge for all his mates that had died, and was hoping he could get home to his girlfriend. He was writing by the light of shells and the noise of "burps".
I was the first male in our family born after his death, and was named Richard in his honour as now is my son and grandson. Lest We Forget.
He is buried at St Desir Cemetery alongside some Gordons who died on the same day. I have visited and it is good to know he is with friends.
If after all these years anyone remembers him I would love to know what he was like.
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