Information from the Roll of Honour
    
        | 
            Parish
         | 
        
            Surname
         | 
        
            Initials
         | 
        
            Award
         | 
        
            Rank
         | 
        
            Ship or Regiment
         | 
        
            Place of Death
         | 
        
            Date of Death
         | 
    
    
        | 
            Axmouth
         | 
        
            Gapper
         | 
        
            Richard John
         | 
        
            
         | 
        
            Pte.
         | 
        
            D.C.L.I.
         | 
        
            France
         | 
        
            15
            October
            1917
         | 
    
An asterisk * in the Place of Death indicates an hospital death
A double asterisk ** in the Place of Death indicates the record is annotated with Missing
    
    Further Information from Contributors
    
    
        - 
            RoH Ref.
        
 
        - 
            286
        
 
        - 
            Forename
        
 
        - 
            Richard John
        
 
        - 
            Surname
        
 
        - 
            Gapper
        
 
        - 
            Rank or Rating
        
 
        - 
            
        
 
        - 
            Service Number(s)
        
 
        - 
            7/9484, 29328
        
 
        - 
            Father
        
 
        - 
            Richard Gapper
        
 
        - 
            Mother
        
 
        - 
            Mary Ann (nee Stocker)
        
 
        - 
            Wife
        
 
        - 
            
        
 
        - 
            Date of Birth
        
 
        - 
            
            
            1898
        
 
        - 
            Where Born
        
 
        - 
            Axmouth, Devonshire
        
 
        - 
            Date Baptised
        
 
        - 
            
            
            
        
 
        - 
            Ship or Regiment
        
 
        - 
            Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
        
 
        - 
            Date of Death
        
 
        - 
            16
            October
            1917
        
 
        - 
            Place of Death
        
 
        - 
            
        
 
        - 
            Grave or Memorial
        
 
        - 
            
        
 
        - 
            Remarks
        
 
        - 
            
        
 
        - 
            Contributor
        
 
        - 
            PB, Judy Smith