BORN HULL 1881. SON OF JOHN RICHARDSON, OF 13 WELTON TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE EMMA & THEIR FIVE CHILDREN LIVED AT THIS ARMY ADDRESS & 6 EMMA’S TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET. EX DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 07/09/1914, AGED 33 YEARS AND 268 DAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH CHEST, 128 LBS WEIGHT, ‘GOOD’ PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 09/07/1916, AGED 35. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, EMMA AND NOW FOUR CHILDREN (ONE HAVING DIED)
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
12291
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
35
