BORN DONCASTER 1879. SON OF GEORGE (1851- ) & MARY RICHARDSON (1853-1928), OF 10, MARY ANN TERRACE, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) 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 WAS A. BRICKLAYER AND FORMER NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER AND RESERVIST. HE BOARDED AT 6, FLEET GROVE, FLEET STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS)
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/08/1914. SERVED WITH THE 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 30/06/1915, AGED 36.
HE IS BURIED AT LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MATHEWS CHURCH ROLL OF HONOUR, BOULEVARD, HULL. ALSO LISTED WITH HIS BROTHERS, ARTHUR AND ELIJAH RICHARDSON ON THE ST MARYS MEMORIAL, SCULCOATES LANE.
