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Pte. Cecil Vyner Gerald Richards
British Army 19th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:10 Alberta Terrace, Nottingham
(d.19th Apr 1918)
Pte. Cyril Richards
British Army 53rd Btn., 9th Platoon, C Company South Wales Borderers
from:Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Cyril Richards was born in Llanelli on 8 March 1899. As a young boy aged 11 years he worked at the copper works (Nevill, Druce & Co). Following the outbreak of World War 1 and the example of seven of his older brothers, Cyril enlisted on 18th of April 1916 (when he was 17 years and 1 month old) as a private with the 53rd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. This battalion’s full title was 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion, named to reflect the very young age of these new recruits. Indeed, across Britain there were many of these “53rd (Young Soldier) Battalions†attached to different regiments. His battalion never saw action during war-time, but after the war was over, on 22 March 1919, they moved to Germany as part of Western Division of the Army of Occupation on the Rhine. At about this time he was photographed with the 9th Platoon, C Company 53rd Battalion in Germany.
After his return from Germany Cyril returned to work at the Llanelli copper works as a mill man and, during 1920-21 played for their rugby football club. He finished working there as a furnace man on 6th January 1925 at the age of 26.
Some months later on 1 May 1926, Cyril emigrated to Australia, departing from London docks aboard the Orient Line’s SS Orvieto. He arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia, after the 9½ week journey, on 6th July 1926. He married in 1931 and had four children. He and his family ran a dairy farm at Ranceby near Poowong, Victoria, Australia.
With the outbreak of World War 2, Cyril enlisted on 28th March 1942 at Korumburra, Victoria in the 23rd Battalion of the Volunteer Defence Corps. This corps was an Australia-wide home guard; paramilitary in nature, run by the government and the Returned Services League and composed of volunteers. Cyril was discharged on 15 October 1945. He died in Melbourne, Victoria on 8th June 1954 at the age of 55 years.
Pte D. H. Richards
British Army South Wales Borderers
I have found a silver George V "coin". It is the size of a crown (5 shillings)It has a horseman on the back armed with a sword and at his feet a skull and crossbones. It is dated 1914 - 1918. Around the rim is engraved 44473 PTE D. H. RICHARDS S WALES BORD. It looks commemorative and but has no value engraved on it. I just wondered if you could throw any light on this? It just turned up in my late father's random coin collection with a load of old pennies and half crowns.
Editors Note:
What you have is a British War Medal, which was awarded to all ranks who rendered service to His Majesty's Forces between 5th of August 1914 and 11th November 1918 in a theatre of war.
Pte. E. W. Richards
Army 7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Nurse Edith Mary Richards
Queen Alexandra's Nursing Service
from:Burton on trent
Edith earned the Samaritan's Cross
Pte. Ernest Richards
British Army 10th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Attercliffe, South Yorkshire
(d.1st July 1916)
Ernest Richards served with the 10th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
A/Cpl Ernest Samuel Richards
British Army 17th Div Army Veterinary Corps
from:Oxford
Cpl. Ernest Grenville Richards
British Army Royal Army Ordnance Corps
from:St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall
Dvr. Frank Richards
British Army Royal Field Artilliery
from:New Tredegar
My uncle, Frank Richards, went to war from New Tredegar where he lived and worked. He was wounded and gassed and returned to his home at Iron Brdige, Shropshire following his discharge. However his landlady in New Tredegar was unaware of this and had his name put on the local war Memorial. It is out of alphabetical order at the very bottom of the list. I wander how many other cases there are like this.
Frank eventually died in Sept 1951 as a result of the gas he received during WW1. His elder brother Eli Richards also served in the WW1 and received the MM.
Pte. Frank Richards
British Army 12th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Eastbourne
(d.30th June 1916)
Frank Richards was my uncle, my father's younger brother. He was born in 1895. He was a conductor working for the London and North West Railway when he joined, in November 1914, the 2nd of the three Southdowns Battalions that were raised by Col Claude Lowther of Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex. These battalions later became the 11th, 12th and 13th Battalions, Royal Sussex Regiment.
After training all three Battalions were sent to France in early 1916. On 30th June 1916 they were involved in a diversionary attack at Richebourg where heavy losses were sustained, which included my Uncle Frank. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Loos Memorial.
Pte. George Sylvester "Richie" Richards
Australian Imperial Force. 34th Btn.
from:Repton NSW
(d.24th July 1917)
George Richards was my father's uncle, unmarried and only 23 when he was killed by a shell. He was number one on a Lewis Gun. His parents were Edward Slockett Richards and Grace Rebecca Broham.
Pte. Henry W. Richards
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Brancepeth Colliery
(d.1st Aug 1918)
Herny Richards is burried in Ligny-sur-Canche Cemetery
Pte. Henry Wallace Richards
British Army 2nd/4th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:6 Boyne St., Brancepth Colliery, Willington
(d.29th August 1918)
2nd Lt. Jack Richards
British Army 16th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Llandinham, Powys
(d.15th March 1918)
Jack Richards is my great uncle. He joined in 1915 and was killed 1918. Jack is buried at Erquinghem-Lys. My grandmother, his sister, has passed photos, medals etc to me.
2nd Lt. John Richards
British Army 16th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Llandinham, Montgomeryshire
(d.15th March 1918)
Jack Richards was my great uncle who joined up in 1914.
Pte John Alfred Richards
British Army 12th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Willesden
(d.18th August 1916)
Pte. Lawrence Richards
Btitish Army 9th Batallion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Colwick, Nottingham
Lol Richards was born on 19th July 1896 in Awsworth. At eighteen years of age he joined the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on the 10th September 1914 and fought in World War 1. His regiment number was 14612. Lawrence served in the 9th (Service) Battalion
On the 29th May 1915 he appeared in the Local Newspaper:
"We have the pleasure this week in publishing the photograph of Private Lawrence Richards, son of Mr. T. Richards, who has for over 10 years been the G. N. R. stationmaster at Netherfield, and prior to that held a similar position at Newstead. Young Richards joined the King’s Own Yorks, Light Infantry last September. He was sent to Pontefract to begin his training and later Berkhampstead, Halton Park, and Maidenhead. At the latter place he was billeted for the winter months, and at the end of March he, along with his regiment, returned to Halton Park Camp where he still remains.
While at Maidenhead a local resident offered three prizes for shooting, the first being £10, the second £7, and the third £5. There were eight teams of men chosen from different battalions to compete, and young Richards had the luck to be in the team which won the second prize, and thus obtained a share of the £7, which was divided.
Private Richards is only 18 years of age, having been born on July 19th, 1896. There is no doubt that he has benefitted in health from the training, and he is looking forward to the time when he will get to the front.
Mr. Richards has another son named Tom Stanley Richards, aged 21 years, who tried to enlist but was refused by the Army authorities because he was employed by G. N. R."
Sadly 14 months later he was badly injured in fighting as reported in the Local Newspaper:
"Several local men have been wounded in the course of the great British onslaught in France, including Private Lawrence Richards, the third son of Mr. T. Richards G.N.R stationmaster at Netherfield. We understand that Private Richards was wounded in the head and leg with shrapnel and is at present in hospital in France. He will be 20 years of age on Wednesday next, and enlisted in the King’s Own Yorks, Light Infantry in September, 1914. He went out to France last September, and took part in the battle of Loos. Another brother T. S. Richards, has joined the Sherwood Foresters, and is in training at Ripon, while Fred the eldest son has been rejected."
When he travelled back on leave to see his family he would throw his kit back out of the train window as it passed his father’s house near Netherfield station and collect it later; the train didn’t stop until Nottingham, and no doubt it would have been rather a heavy load to carry from Nottingham station. There was once an incident whilst he was serving in France when he and a friend took offence to their Sergeant who had had a go at them, and they ‘smacked him one’. As a result they were both tied to a gun wheel whilst random shots were fired in their direction by the Sergeant.
Gnr. Lewis Richards
British Army 275th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.11th Dec 1918)
Lewis Richards died of Spanish flu in Belgium on the 11th of December 1918 He was a gunner in the Royal Garrsion Artillery, 275th Siege Battery.
Pte. Lindsay Gordon Millwood Richards
Australian Imperial Force 42nd Btn. Infantry
(d.1st April 1918)
Private Lindsay Richards died at 29 Casualty Clearing Station, aged 20, on 1st April 1918. He was the son of Martin and Susannah Richards of Watson Street, Charleville, Queensland, Australia. Lindsay is buried in Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Grave II.4.13.
Pte. Percy Charles Richards MM.
Australian Imperial Force. F Coy. 39th Btn.
from:Rokewood Junction, Victoria, Australia
(d.6th Dec 1917)
Pte. Richard Alfred Richards
British Army 17th Btn. Kings Liverpool Regiment
from:Southport
(d.11th Oct 1916)
Richard Richard's wartime effects were found in a safe deposit box. A letter from Record Office in Preston and 2 war medals (British War Medal and Victory Medal) sent to family, dated 5th Feb 1922 along with an assurance of appreciation from The King for his service.
Pte. Sidney William Richards
British Army 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Ibstock, Leicestershire
Sidney William Richards signed up with the Leicestershire Regiment in 1900 and served 12 years. He appears to have used his middle name, William, during his army service. I assume he was called up from the reserve list at the outbreak of WW1, he had three young children at this time, one being my Mother. He transferred from the Leicestershire Regiment to the Northumberland Fusiliers and was wounded in April 1915, I am not sure where he was when he was wounded. Unfortunately, he died at the end of 1918, partly due to the injuries he had sustained.
If anyone has any additional information about my Grandfather I would be very interested.
Cpl. W. Richards
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Durham City
W Richards was discharged in 1917 due to wounds
Wilfred Henry Richards
Royal Navy HMS Anchusa
from:5 High Street, Penzance, Cornwall
(d.16th July 1918)
I have recently discovered postcards written by Wilfred to his wife Elsie (our Grandfather and Grandmother)which indicate he was writing to her weeks after he was killed. Official documents indicate the ship he was torpedoed on (H.M.S. Anchusa) was sunk on 16th July 1918 and yet postcards have dates of August 1918. Has anybody any similar tales about dates?
2nd Lt. Wilfred Arthur Richards
British Army 28th (1st Artists Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
On 31st August 1914, my father Wilfred Richards, who'd been born in South Glamorgan but was now working in London, presented himself at Dukes Road in Euston to sign up to four years’ service in the Territorial Force. He was joining the 28th Battalion of the London Regiment (Artists Rifles) as Private No. 1855. He was 21 years and 8 months old. His profession was recorded as Clerk with Wilson and Sons, and he lived in Hendon. His previous military experience was that he had belonged to the Llandovery School Corps. He had never been rejected as unfit for the Military and he listed himself as ‘Church of England’. His battalion left for France on 31 December 1914, and he arrived at St. Omer some days later where others from the Artists Rifles joined them in motor omnibuses. He transferred to the 1st Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers in June The rest of his war story is one of luck. He served on the front with the 1st RWF from June to September 1915, just after the Battalion had suffered severe losses at the Battle of Festubert, and then he was invalided home on the eve of the Battle of Loos. He spent the rest of the war doing light duties at home and finished the war with the 7th York and Lancs Regiment as Captain. He had long recurrences of fever throughout the war.
Pte. William Richards
British Army 110th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:West Bromwich
William Richards was my grandfather. He played goalkeeper for a local team. He very rarely talked about his time in the war. On occasion he would describe the pain and suffering the young soldiers endured, how he tried to comfort them saying they were going to be fine but in reality he knew there was little hope, there was always sadness in his eyes when he told me these stories.
Pte. William Richards
British Army 110th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps.
from:West Bromwich
My grandfather, William Richards on rare occasions, would tell me what it was like in the trenches, when he would have to climb over the trenches to bring the injured back, having to comfort them saying they were going to be all right when he new they were dying. His eyes would always mist over when telling me these stories
Pte. A. Richardson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Albert Edwin James Richardson
Royal Marines HMS Clan McNaughton
(d.3rd Feb 1915)
I recently acquired a death plaque circa 1915, bearing the name Albert Edwin James Richardson. Having carried out a brief search on the net I believe he was a Royal Marine serving on HMS Clan McNaughton lost 3 Feb 1915. If there are any surviving descendants I would be pleased to give them the plaque.
Cpl. Albert Richardson
British Army 12th Btn., C Coy. Durham Light Infantry
from:110 Howden Road, North Shields, Northumberland
Albert Richardson served as a signaller with C Coy. 12th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry.
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