Corporal Richard Goring and his twin brother Frederick were born on 29th June 1919. They were the sons of John and Ellen Goring, 2 Severn Terrace, Ironbridge.

Wellington Journal 20th August 1943
Killed in Action: Mr and Mrs W Goring, 3 Severn Terrace, Ironbridge, have been notified that their twin son Corporal Richard Goring, has been killed in action in the Middle East.
Corporal Goring was 24 years of age, and was in the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry attached to Durham Light Infantry.
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Wellington Journal 21 August 1943

Killed In Action- Official intimation has been received by Mrs Goring 60 Dawley Bank, that her husband Copl. Richard Goring was killed in action in Sicily in July, while serving with the Durham Light Infantry.
Mrs Goring has also received a letter from her husband's company commander.
Aged 23, Corporal Goring was a son of Mr and Mrs. Goring, Iron-bridge, and before the out-break of war was a member of the Territorials.
He had been abroad, serving with the 8th Army, for about twelve months. His twin brother is now in the Middle East, and an elder brother is with the Forces in England.In civilian life he was employed at the Pipe Workes, Iron-bridge in which district he was well known as an amateur boxer.
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