BORN HULL 1884. SON OF GEORGE (1851- )& MARY RICHARDSON (1853-1928), OF 10, MARY ANN TERRACE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. SON OF A BRICKLAYER. HE HAD THREE SISTERS AND SIX BROTHERS (THREE WERE LOST IN THE WAR). ONE OF SIX RICHARDSON BROTHERS SERVING FROM SCULCOATES LANE.
HE MARRIED MARY ELIZABETH BARKER, IN 1909. THEY HAD THREE DAUGHTERS, DORA ESTHER AND PRIMSOSE. HE WORKED AS A COAL DRIVER IN THE ELECTRIC POWER STATION.
LIVED AT 9, EASTERN AVENUE, BORUNEMOUTH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 20, MARY ANN TERRACE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 07/09/1914. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 16/04/1916. HE SERVED WITH THE 8TH AND 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENTS, AND SURVIVED THE BATTLES OF SERRE AND OPPY WOOD. HE WAS KILLED ON 28/06/1918, AGED 33. BURIED AT AVAL WOOD CEMETRY, FRANCE
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARY E. – WEEKLY PENSION OF 29 SHILLINGS AND SEVEN PENCE, FROM 26/01/1919.
HE WAS ONE OF THREE SONS LOST IN THE WAR. HIS BROTHER, GEORGE, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 30/06/1915 AND ANOTHER BROTHER, ARTHUR, KILLED ON 06/07/1917, AGED 30. THEY ARE ALL COMMEMORATED ON ST MARYS CHURCH MEMORIAL, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ELIJAH RICHARDSON 13/201. Born in October 1884, Elijah was the fourth of eight children to George and Mary Richardson of 32 Bishop Street, Hull. A Labourer by trade, he enlisted at Hull City Hall initially joining the 13th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, “T’Others”, 4th Hull Pals. His war was more complicated than a straightforward re-telling of the battalion history, for Elijah was at some stage transferred to the 8th Battalion, before returning to the Pals when transferred to the 11th. Elijah was killed in action on 28th June 1918 at La Becque and is buried in Aval Wood Military Cemetery; he was 33 years old.
