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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
RSM John Richardson MC
British Army 9th Lancers
CSM. Joseph Richardson
British Army 7th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Burnley
(d.8th July 1916)
Joseph Richardson died of wounds on the 8th of July 1916, aged 33 and is buried in Plot 1. B. 53 in the Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension in France. He was the husband of Mrs Richardson, 9, Cedar Street, Burnley
Pte. Josiah Sandy "Jonnie" Richardson
British Army 414th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:8 River Road, Littlehampton
Josiah Richardson, known as Jonnie was an artist who, after WW1, worked within the film industry. During the war he was a sapper.
L/Cpl Matthew Richardson
British Army 1st/5th Btn King's Liverpool Regiment
from:Liverpool
(d.14th March 1918)
Pte. Robert Richardson
British Army 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
from:Derby
(d.26th Sept 1916)
My Great-Grandfather Robert Richardson fell on the 26th Sept 1916 at Mouquet Farm, Thiepval.
L/Sgt. Samuel Alexander Richardson
British Army 1st Battalion Scots Guards
from:Aldershot, Hampshire
(d.20th Sep 1914)
My grandfather, Samuel Richardson sustained a gunshot wound to the right shoulder during the Battle of Aisne on the 14th September 1914. His death certificate which was written in French by a medical officer by the name of Armstrong Smith states that he died from serious chest complications.
The war diary for this day states 'The Batallion moved at 5.30am via Moulins and Vendresse to a hill between that place and Troyon - 2 companies in Brigade reserve and 2 companies sent as artillery escort to Tour de Passy'. The casualties for this day is recorded as 3 officers and 16 men killed, 3 officers and 86 men wounded and 12 missing. Information kindly supplied by the Headquarters Scots Guards, London SW1.
Pte. Samuel Richardson
British Army 4th Btn. Grenadier Guards
from:Burnley, Lancs.
(d.28th April 1918)
Samuel Richardson died of wounds as Prisoner of War 28th April 1918, aged 32. He is buried in the Hamburg Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Germany. He was the husband of Christiana Richardson, of 27, Ulster St., Burnley, Lancashire.
Pte. Samuel Richardson
British Army 4th Btn. Grenadier Guards
from:Burnley, Lancashire
(d.28th April 1918)
Samuel Richardson Died of Wounds as Prisoner of War on 28th of April 1918, aged 32 and is buried in the Hamburg Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Germany. He was the husband of Christiana Richardson, of 27, Ulster St., Burnley, Lancashire
Pte. Sidney James Richardson
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Monxton, Andover, Hants
(d.29th March 1918)
Sidney Richardson of the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers was killed in action on 29th of March 1918. Aged 32 years. Buried in the Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Somme, he was the son of the late James and Rebecca Richardson; husband of Nellie Beatrice Richardson, of Monxton, Andover, Hants.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Colour Sjt. T. Richardson
Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. T. Richardson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Ryton
Pte. Thomas George Richardson
British Army 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Weston Underwood
(d.17th Jul 1916 )
Thomas ricradson was born in Ravenstone and enlisted in Bedford, he was resident at Weston Underwood. Thomas died of wounds and lies in Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Somme, France. His date of death on the War Memorial in Ravenstone Church is given as 24th of July 1916.
Pte. Thomas William Richardson
British Army 22nd Btn Durham Light Infantry
served with 22nd DLI & att 8th Div RE & 18th DLI & 14th DLI & 9thDLI
Pte. Thomas Wilson Richardson
British Army 14th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
(d.7th May 1917)
Pte. Thomas Wilson Richardson
British Army 14th (1st Birmingham) Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
(d.7th May 1917)
Thomas Richardson was born in Alcester on 10th Oct 1883. He served with the 14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment in WW1 and was killed in action on 7th of May 1917 during the 3rd Battle of Scarpe attack on Fresnoy en Gohelle.
Pte. Tom Richardson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Sunderland
(d.1st July 1916)
Tom Richardson is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Gnr. W. G. Richardson
Bermuda Militia Artillery
Gunner Richardson died on 15th August 1920 and is buried in the Paget(St. Paul) Churchyard, Bermuda.
Pte. William C. Richardson
British Army 9th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Edinburgh
My Grandfather William C Richardson joined the 9th Seaforth Highlanders on the 2nd Nov. 1914. He went overseas with the unit in 1915 and the 9th Seaforths became a pioneer unit in May 1915 and was attached to 9th Scottish Div. William was captured on the Somme at Combles, France on the 24th March 1918 during the major German offensive which began 21st March 1918. He was held in Rennbahn Camp, Westphalia. He was released in 1919 and discharged on the 17th April 1919.
Pte. William Richardson
Machine Gun Corps
from:Coventry
(d.8th October 1916)
Pte. Stephen John Richens
British Army 6th Btn. Leinster Regiment
from:Bristol
(d.10th Aug 1915)
Stephen Richens is my Gran's great-uncle, she is 101 in January and I have been doing genealogy for her. According to the CWGC, he is commemorated on the Helles Memorial in Turkey.
Cpl. A. Richer
Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. Dwarf
(d.22nd July 1916)
Corporal Richer is buried in the Calabar Mission Hill Cemetery in Nigeria.
Albert Edward Riches
British Army 2/7th Battalion Royal Warwickshire
from:Camberwell
(d.24th Oct 1918)
Pte. E. Riches
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blaydon
E Riches was discharged in 1918 sick
Pte. Edward Eugene Riches
United States Army 146th Machine Gun Battalion
from:Idaho Falls, Idaho
My grandfather Gene Riches enlisted on 4th of April 1917 in Boise, Idaho, He was transported on 1st of November as a Private in Company D, 146th Machine Gun Battalion. On the 24th of Feb 1918 his unit was assigned the Luneville sector near Nancy, France. He saw action in July the in Battle of Aisne-Marne, Battle of Champaign-Mare, in September at the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and the Battle of Meuse Agronne. He was Honorably discharged in on the 17th of May 1919, his d Discharge made no mention of injuries. He died in San Franscisco CA in April 1944, from lung injuries sustained from being gassed in WWI. He was a resident of Idaho Falls, Idaho and had to travel all the way to California for treatment.
Sgt. S. C. Riches
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blaydon
S Riches was wounded in October 1916. he was still serving in 1920
Pte. Samuel Riches
British Army 8th Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:South Quay, Great Yarmouth
(d.11th August 1917)
Samuel Riches was a Company Cook with 8th Norfolk Regiment.
David George Richings
British Army 63rd Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Clonmel, Tipperary
(d.1st May 1916)
Pte. George Edward Richings
Australian Imperial Force 8th Battalion
from:Waverley St., Richmond, Victoria, Australia
George Richings was my grandfather, and my mother was the sixth of his seven children. He worked as a winchman labourer when he enlisted on 11 October 1916 at Melbourne, when he was 42 years of age.
On 19th of February 1917 he embarked on HMAT Ballarat. The troopship was torpedoed by a German submarine as it entered the English Channel but all 1725 souls on board were rescued. The ship sank off The Lizard at the southern tip of Cornwall.
By 16th of September 1917 George was a patient at the Fargo Military Hospital, suffering from lumbago, and was discarged to the 2nd Trig Depot at Weymouth ten days later. On 8th of November 1917 he was returned to Australia on HMAT A68 for discharge, due to suffering from chronic rheumatism, and on 5th of February 1918 he received his discharge certificate from the Australian Imperial Force.
Pte. William Richman
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Gillingham, Kent
(d.24th April 1917)
Pte. Albert Richmond DCM.
British Army 9th. Btn York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Sheffield
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