Photo: Brian Chandler
R. Dumphey
Royal Artillery
10th December 1943.
Richard was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 27th May 1909. According to the 1911 Census his occupation was ‘hawker’ and lived in Scotswood.
He was attested to the Royal Artillery in 1927, at the age of 18 and joined the 312 Bty/54 Heavy A.A. Regiment at the outbreak of the Second World War.
Richard Dumphey is listed on the Army Roll of Honour, 1939-45.
Acknowledgements: Ron Carson
His name does not appear on any local memorial.