Lt Col H C G Richards MBE
124403 Aged 87 Sadly missed by his wife and family. Life Member of the REA HQ Branch.
Added by: Lt Col N A Jordan on 30 December 2008.
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I remember Hugh Richards very well, even after 58 years. I joined 36 Army Engineer Regiment in April 1953 at Ripon as a 24 year old deferred entry National Service 2nd Lt. R.E. Lt.Col Gavin was C.O. and Major Richards was my Squadron Commander then and I gained enormously from his command. We were on Coronation duty in London later that Spring, I remember. I think he went onto a Nato command course at some time in that period. A first class soldier and commander, as far as I was concerned who ... [read more from William Cowie]
William Cowie writes [13th November 2011]:
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