BORN HULL 1885. SON OF FRANK RICHARDSON AND CHARLOTTE HESELTINE, OF HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HE MARRIED, ON 08/05/1910, AT ST JOHNS, HULL. HUSBAND OF BEATRICE ELIZABETH FIRMAGE (1886-1959), AT 15 OCKLEY TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL AND 7 GEORGES AVENUE, SELBY STREET, HULL (Hull Daily Mail 12 September 1916). THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, ONE OF WHICH DIED IN 1914. A DOCK LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9.5 INCHES TALL, 159 LBS WEIGHT, 38 INCH CHEST SIZE. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS , ON 24/11/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. DIED ON 03/09/1916, AGED 31. BURIED FRANCE.
HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED BY WOUNDS TO THE CHEST, ARM AND FACE, CAUSED BY THE PREMATURE EXPLOSION, OF A RIFLE GRENADE. TWO WITNESSES REPORTED THAT HE BLED TO DEATH IN TWO MINUTES. HE HAD BEEN IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 285 DAYS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, BEATRICE MARSHALL.
