BORN HULL 1882. SON OF CHARLES THOMAS RICHOMOND & EMMA RICHMOND, OF 12 MELTON TERRACE, LIME STREET, HULL. SON OF A MACHINEMAN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. LIVED AT SPITTLE STREET, HULL. WORKED FOR THE BRITISH OIL AND CAKE MLLS, HULL.
ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 13565, 1ST BATTALION, COLDSTREAM GUARDS. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT THE SOMME, ON 20/11/1916, AGED 34. LISTED AS DIED OF WOUNDS IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 21/12/1916. HE IS BURIED AT GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “R.I.P.”
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE ST MARK’S STREET MEMORIAL WITH HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, GEORGE W. RICHMOND, 6TH EYR, KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 27.
HIS OTHER BROTHERS, FRANK AND HARRY RICHMOND ALSO SERVED IN THE WAR.
First name:
CHARLES
Regiment:
Military Number:
13565
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/11/1916
Place died:
Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, Somme, France
Age:
34
12 MELTON TERRACE, ST MARKS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
