RICHARDS Charles V

  • First Name(s):
    Charles 
    V 
  • Surname:
    RICHARDS
  • Service Number:
    S213304
  • Rank:

    Sergeant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Support Services
  • Corps:
    Royal Army Service Corps
  • Unit:
    144th Horse Transport Company
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    19th February 1919
  • Age At Death:
    29
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Lille Southern Cemetery, France, Grave II. A. 4.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Charles and Mary Ann Richards, 38 Wheeler St., Stourbridge

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RICHARDS Charles V Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge War Memorial

Further Information About RICHARDS Charles V

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

Charles Richards lived at 38 Wheeler Street, Stourbridge, and was employed by J. Chance, the Stourbridge butcher.  He enlisted in 1915 in the Army Service Corps as a driver.  He served with the 144th Heavy Transport Company on the Western Front, gaining promotion, until the war was over.  While his unit was occupying Lille, he caught influenza and died quickly of pneumonia on the 19th February 1919.  His Commanding Officer regarded him as one of his best NCO’s.  He wrote to his widow, ‘I personally have lost a friend who would have stuck to me through thick and thin.’

Also appears on Stourbridge St Thomas’s Church War Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society. Cathedral Roll of honour books researched by Sandra Taylor.