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Richards, Brinley Perry

Date of birth:
January 22nd, 1920 (Carmarthen, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
November 13th, 1994
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Friends' Ambulance Unit, French Army
Brinley’s unit was attached to a French unit moving into Paris at the time of liberation, and Brinley drove his ambulance into a cul de sac under fire to rescue French soldiers who had been pinned down by the Germans.
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)

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