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{{Personnel
|id=151
|Surname and forenames=Chambers Richard
|Army number=529263
|Rank=Lance Sergeant
|Age=37
|Unit=15th King's Hussars, DLI 25/7/39, 1 TS 1/2/40
|Died/Killed in action=20/5/1940 00:00:00
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Rank=Lance Sergeant
 |Date of birth=Research suggests L/Sgt Chambers was born in Gateshead, birth registered Quarter 2 1903, father William, mother Mary (nee Sullivan).
-|Age=37
+|Age=37 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the 15th King's Hussars - no service dates as yet.  Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 25/7/39.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.   Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority R. Casualty.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the 15th King's Hussars - no service dates as yet.  Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 25/7/39.  Posted 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted 12th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.   Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Included in the acquittance roll for 10/5/1940.   KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority R. Casualty.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Company/Battery=Battalion Headquarters.
 |Task or role=Provost Sergeant.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
+|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 6. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
-|Home address=No further family information as yet.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 6. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
+|Home address=No further family information as yet.
 |Image Name=Chambers_R_529263.JPG
 |Image Title=L/Sgt R Chambers' CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Task or role=Provost Sergeant.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
-|Home address=No further family information as yet.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 6. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
+|Home address=No further family information as yet.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 6. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Image Name=Chambers_R_529263.JPG
 |Image Title=L/Sgt R Chambers' CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Army number=529263
 |Rank=Lance Sergeant
 |Age=37
-|Unit=15th King's Hussars, Durham Light Infantry 25/7/39, Trf 1 TS 1/2/40, KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority R. Casualty.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the 15th King's Hussars - no service dates as yet.  Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 25/7/39.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.   Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority R. Casualty.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
+|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}