BORN HULL 1900. ONLY CHILD OF ARTHUR & (SARAH) ELIZABETH RICHARDSON, OF 644, PRINCES AVENUE, AND 19 , PLANE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF AFTER LEAVING SCHOOL, HE WAS A BRICKLAYER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL.JOINED AS PRIVATE, 537102, OF THE LONDON REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE WITH THE 51ST HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY, MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/04/1918, AGED 18. HIS BODY WAS NEVER FOUND.
HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS FATHER ARTHUR & MOTHER ELIZABETH WHO MOVED TO 17. WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) WHO RECEIVED 6 SHILLINGS A WEEK FOR LIFE FOR THE LOSS OF THEIR SON.
HE WAS COMMEMORATED ON LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE, AND HULL’S KINGS HALL CHURCH WW1 MEMORIAL, SYMONS STREET.
First name:
ARTHUR WILLIAM
Military Number:
132716
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/04/1918
Place died:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
18
17. WALKER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
