Sjt Samuel RICH, d. 23/09/1917

[Stephen Nulty]

From GWF

Sjt Samuel RICH 12685 6 Bn, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry, who died aged 32 on 23.09.17. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

From CWGC

Name: RICH, SAMUEL

Initials: S

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Serjeant

Regiment: King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Unit Text: "C" Coy. 6th Bn.

Age: 32

Date of Death: 23/09/1917

Service No: 12685

Additional information: Son of Frederick and Mary Lambert Rich, of 8, Woodside, Coalbrookdale, Salop.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 112 to 113.

Cemetery: TYNE COT MEMORIAL

From 1891 and 1901 census

Samuel was the brother of Henry, Emily, Frederica, Robert, William, Ellen, Pauline, Mildred and Kathleen. The 1901 census shows that his father was an Accountant in the Iron works and Samuel, aged 15, was a clerk in a lawyer’s office.