BORN SETTRINGTON, MALTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE, 1877. WIFE FRANCIS MOODY. MARRIED AT MALTON, IN 1902. HUSBAND OF FRANCES ALLERSTON (1883-1952). THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A BRICKLAYER’S LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN MALTON. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (4TH HULL PALS). DIED OF WOUNDS, A PRISONER OF WAR, IN GERMANY, ON 23/03/1917, AGED 40.HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, FRANCES.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM AND SETTRINGHAM WAR MEMORIALS.
First name:
RICHARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
25306
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/03/1917
Place died:
Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
40
