BORN HULL 1882. HE WAS WORKING AS A LABOURER AND BOARDING AT 110 GAWTHORPE STREET, SELBY (1911 CENSUS).
ENLISTED YORK. LEFT FOR FRANCE, ON 19/09/1914. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 6130, WITH THE 16TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 35.
HIS ARMY AFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS UNMARRIED WIFE, ANNIE HINCHCLIFF, AT 6 POPLAR TERRACE, DEERING STRETT, NOTTINGHAM (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). SHE MARRIED, BECAME ANNIE CONROY AND LATER LIVED IN DONCASTER AND SHEFFIELD.
SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS STATE THAT HE WAS BORN IN HULL, BUT HIS HULL CONNECTIONS ARE NOT KNOWN?
NOTE: THOMAS WILLIAM FENWICK, RFA, AT 49 BELVOIR STREET, HULL.
First name:
RICHARD
Military Number:
6130
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
point du jour military cemetery athies pas de calais france
Age:
35
