Captain William Reeves Richards

Regiment: 6th Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Date published: 24/09/1915
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 15/08/1915
Age at death: 24
Cemetery: Green Hill Cemetery, Turkey
Plot: II. B. 22.
Information: Captain William Reeves Richards, 6th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, was killed in action at the Dardanelles on August 15th last, He was the elder son of Mr. John W. Richards and Mrs. Richards, 7 Lower Fitzwilliam Street, and Rath, Greystones. Captain Richards was educated at the Chilterns, Wendover, Malvern College, and Trinity College, Dublin, obtaining in May, 1914, the gold medal and first place at the Final Examination of the Incorporated Law Society. He joined the Trinity College Officers' Training Corps in August, 1914 after the outbreak of the war, and obtained his commission in September last, being promoted Captain and Adjutant last July.