BORN BEVERLEY, 1893. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SON OF THOMAS STRAKER (1850-1913) AND ELIZA IRELAND (1854-1932). SON OF A BLACKSMITH. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WAS CAUGHT PILFERING A FRUIT WHAREHOUSE, IN WALKERGATE, BEVERLEY, AGED 12 AND APPEARED IN THE NEWSPAPERS. HE WORKED AS A DRILLER, LIVING WITH HIS FAMILY AT 21 LAUNDRESS LANE, BEVERLEY (1911 CENSUS)
HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 3RD COLDSTREAM GUARDS. DIED AT CAMBRAI ON 01/12/1917. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WW1 MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELIZA.
First name:
RICHARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
9943
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/12/1917
Place died:
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France
Age:
24
21 LAUNDRESS LANE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
