BORN HULL, 1885. SON OF CHARLES FREDERICK OLBY (1858-1932) AND SARAH ANN NEAL 91861-1895), OF 26 SELBY STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS).
HE MARRIED SELINA STANWORTH, AT DONCASTER, IN 1909. THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, MAY, BORN ON 09/05/1910 AND LIVED AT 3 PYM ROAD, MEXBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED MEXBOROUGH, ROTHERHAM. SERVED AS A SAPPER, IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 25/09/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/10/1916, AGED 31. HE IS BURIED AT GUARDS CEMEMTERY, LESBOEUFS, THE SOMME, FRANCE.
First name:
RICHARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
36600
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
13/10/1916
Place died:
Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France
Age:
31
