RICHARDS, Alan Wayne
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Rank:
Marine Recruit
Unit / Base:
'Commando Training Centre RM'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
P057732T
Born:
Tuesday, March 8, 1983
Died :
Friday, March 31, 2000
Died in service
Age:
17
Cemetery/Memorial:
Marine Recruit Wayne Richards was in week nine of the 30 week training course, and was killed when shot during a mock attack exercise on Woodbury Common, near Exeter, after live rounds became mixed up with blanks.
[Sources: AFM ROH / Navy News issue May 2000, p34 / BBC Wales News online 6th June 2001.]
Notes
Whilst the AFM ROH shows his first names as Alan Wayne, all of the many media reports regarding his death refer to him as Wayne.
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