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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Wylde Richard Edward
|Army number=917882
|Rank=WO III 
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|Date of birth=
|Age=24
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery.  Posted to the 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.  To Course No. 49, Larkhill, 26/2/1940.  Converted to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment.  Died as a PoW.
|Company/Battery=
|Task or role=Troop Sergeant Major, Battery Sergeant Major.
|Promotions=Warrant Officer Class II.
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=Yes.  Captured Singapore 15/2/1942.
|Died/Killed in action=12/9/1944.
|Home address=Son of William Thomas and Isabella Wylde of Roker, Sunderland.  Commemorated on the Singapore Memorial - Panel 4.
}}