BORN DRIFFIELD 1878. MARRIED ON 22/06/1900. HUSBAND OF ANNIE SAUNDERSON, AT 28, ARTHUR STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS) AND 46, FAR GROVE, NORWOOD, BEVERLEY. A TRANSPORT WORKER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/1915. MOBILIZED ON 19/06/1916. DESCRIBED AS 5.5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 37-40 INCH CHEST, 161 LBS WEIGHT.
FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 25226 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 15/10/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. HE DIED OF ACUTE NEPHRITIS (KIDNEY FAILURE), WHICH DEVELOPED INTO BRONCHO-PNEUMONIA, ON 22/03/1917, AGED 39. HIS CONDITION HAD BEEN AGGRAVATED BY ACTIVE SERVICE.
HE LEFT A WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL, ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
First name:
RICHARD
Military Number:
38253
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/03/1917
Place died:
St. Pol Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
39
28, ARTHUR STREET, HULL, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
