BORN HULL.28/03/1868. THIRD SON OF THE LATE GARDENER AND JANE RICHARDSON. EDUCATED AT SCARBOROUGH. WORKED AS A BUTCHER. HE MARRIED AT LIVERPOOL ON 07/04/1890. HIS WIFE MARY ELIZABETH SEACOMBE AND FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED IN CHESHIRE. HE ENLISTED AT LIVERPOOL IN AUGUST 1914. EX PRIVATE, 10979, LIVERPOOL REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 45555, TO THE 1ST GARRISON BATTALION, MANCHESTER REGIMENT. SERVED IN THE INDIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE FROM MAY 1915. HE DROWNED ON ACTIVE SERVICE AT IYZABAD, ON 15/07/1917, AGED 49. BURIED IN INDIA. HIS DETAILS WERE LISTED IN THE DE RUVIGNY’S ROLL OF HONOUR.
HIS SON PTE, WALTER GARDENER RICHARDSON (BORN 18/07/1896), 24992, CHESHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 17/02/1917.
First name:
THOMAS
Regiment:
Military Number:
45555
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/07/1917
Place died:
Fyzabad Cantonment Cemetery, Madras, India
Age:
49
, CHESHIRE, ., NORTH WEST ENGLAND, UK
