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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Robertson" data-source="post: 60201" data-attributes="member: 6852"><p> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Photo</td><td><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/attachments/31/31841-ef9c90600074b78ea4f408a6175a0179.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></td></tr><tr><td>Full Name</td><td><strong>Frederick Stanley (Frank) Riches</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Nickname</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Number</td><td>5182528</td></tr><tr><td>Rank</td><td>Sergeant</td></tr><tr><td>Nationality</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Date of Birth</td><td>11.11.1915 Shirehampton, Gloucestershire</td></tr><tr><td>Date of Death</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Gravesite</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Father</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mother</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Enlisted</td><td>11.11.1933 Bristol</td></tr><tr><td>Military</td><td>parent unit Kings Dragoon Guards, R.A.C.<br /> joined PPA May 1943<br /> PPA B Patrol<br /> RTUd April 1945<br /> <br /> Served PPA, LRDG + SAS</td></tr><tr><td>Married</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Further Information</td><td>resided 101 Fishponds Road, West Woodthorpe, Sheffield, Yorkshire<br /> labourer in civilian life<br /> <br /> daughter (Lorna)<br /> son (Guy)<br /> <br /> <em> <em>"One of the very few regular soldiers who found themselves at home in the unit" (Popski) </em> </em></td></tr></table><p></p><p><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/frank-riches.1580/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/custom_thumbnail/1/1580-c8f1e0e4077767b0eb868a83e6367088.jpg?1653298667" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/ppa-awards.6143/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/6/6143-164d1083de2ff4d2a3da09623a6a382e.jpg?1591388684" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/ppa-group.19886/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/19/19886-1cbf5fe74fa761ec68ff1c5a7015e962.jpg?1591400631" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/ppa-group.19887/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/19/19887-3a24a08bbd20f49987b62a3c0e6a159a.jpg?1591400631" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/ppa-group-see-note.1303/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1303-926af77de5b41c8b7f02908e9da72c5c.jpg?1591383204" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/ppa-group-see-note.1304/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1304-359b88ae19382d68a4caf55b91f60532.jpg?1591383205" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/sammy-sizer-frank-riches-danny-hodgson-bill-oleary.1182/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1182-6ee67e67eecf6084df62440346a6eb1c.jpg?1591383143" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/f-riches-citation.33873/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33873-c2f53f255b5630ff5d468004f81d6723.jpg?1600266343" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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