CARTWRIGHT Richard William

  • First Name(s):
    Richard 
    William 
  • Surname:
    CARTWRIGHT
  • Service Number:
    R613
  • Rank:

    Ordinary Seaman

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
  • Naval Division:
    Royal Naval Division
  • Unit:
    3rd Reserve Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    23rd February 1917
  • Age At Death:
    39
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Blandford Cemetery, Dorset, England, Grave 1241.
  • Place of Birth:
    Upper Arley
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mrs Cartwright; husband of Emma Cartwright, 6 Warwick St., Stourport, Worcestershire

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CARTWRIGHT Richard William Is Named On These Memorials

Upper Arley C of E School
Upper Arley St Peter’s Church WW1 Memorial

Further Information About CARTWRIGHT Richard William

Name given as William Richard Cartwright on Commonwealth War Graves Commission and naval records.

The birth of Richard William Cartwright is registered in the March Quarter 1878 under the Kidderminster Registration District.

1891 Census
Hoxtons Cottage, Upper Arley
Richard Cartwright, head, age 52, Agricultural labourer, born Rock, Worcestershire
Mary Ann Cartwright, wife, age 51, born Rock, Worcestershire
Alfred J. Cartwright, son, age 22, Agricultural labourer, born Upper Arley
Emma E. Cartwright, daughter, age 16, born Upper Arley
Richard W. Cartwright, son, age 13, Scholar, born Upper Arley
Walter J. Cartwright, son, age 10, Scholar, born Upper Arley

The marriage of Richard William Cartwright to Emma Callow is registered in the June Quarter 1906 under the Kidderminster Registration District.

Born 30th December 1876 at Upper Arley, Worcestershire.  Died at 5.50pm in Camp Hospital, Blandford from bronchial pneumonia.  A groom and gardener.  Next of kin and home address: wife, Emma, Shernall Green, Droitwich, later of 6 Warwick St., Newtown, Stourport, Worcestershire.

Richard Cartwright’s headstone is incised according to the details on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s register: W.R. Cartwright.

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