BORN DURHAM 1883. SON OF RICHARD SOUTHERN BIRKETT (1855-1927) & MARGARET EMILY BIRKETT (1855-1914), OF 8, TINTERN STREET, SUNDERLAND. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER. HE BOARDED AT 54, SPRING BANK, HULL (1911 CENSUS). WORKED FOR FOUR YEARS AS TOBACONIST WITH MR J W LOCKING.
HE MARRIED AMELIA WEBSTER (1875-1958), AT HULL, IN 1913. HUSBAND OF AMELIA BIRKETT OF 6, CANNON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/10/1916, AGED 33. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, AMELIA.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW AMELIA. CLAPHAM WHO HE MARRIED IN 1913.
First name:
RICHARD SOUTHERN
Regiment:
Military Number:
4491
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/10/1916
Place died:
Bazentin-Le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Age:
33
