BORN HULL 1900. ONLY CHILD OF ARTHUR & (SARAH) ELIZABETH RICHARDSON, OF 644 PRINCES AVENUE, AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SON OF A BRICKLAYER. HE ENLISTED AFTER LEAVING SCHOOL. JOINED AS PRIVATE, 537102, OF THE LONDON REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE WITH THE 51ST HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY, MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/04/1918, AGED 18. HIS BODY WAS NEVER FOUND. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS FATHER ARTHUR.
HE WAS COMMEMORATED ON LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE, AND HULL’S KINGS HALL CHURCH WW1 MEMORIAL, SYMONS STREET.
First name:
ARTHUR WILLIAM
Military Number:
132716
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/04/1918
Place died:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
18
19 , PLANE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
