RICHMOND David

  • First Name(s):
    David 
  • Surname:
    RICHMOND
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Corps:
    Canadian Expeditionary Force
  • Regiment:
    Alberta Regiment
  • Battalion:
    31st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    9th October 1918
  • Age At Death:
    34
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, France, Grave IV. E. 34.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of David and Sarah Richmond, of Forshaw Heath, Warwickshire; husband of Annie Richmond, 34 Woodland Rd., Northfield, Birmingham

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

RICHMOND David Is Named On These Memorials

Wythall Baptist Church
Wythall C of E School now in Wythall Village Hall
Wythall Kingswood Meeting House
Wythall St Mary’s Church
Wythall War Memorial

Further Information About RICHMOND David

David Richmond enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 27th April 1916 at Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. On his attestation paper he gave his date of birth as 5th June 1882 in Birmingham, England, his address as Vulcan, Alberta and his occupation as a farmer. He was a widower and he had 7 years previous military service with the 2nd Battalion Shropshire Regiment. David was 5 feet 5¾ inches tall with a medium complexion, blue eyes and dark brown hair. His marriage to Annie Glasscoe is registered in the September Quarter 1918 under the Kings N. Registration District. Her contact address was recorded as c/o Mr William Glasscoe, 34 Woodland Road, Northfield, Birmingham.

The Canada War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty) records the following information on Lieutenant Richmond:
“Died of Wounds”, (gunshot wound left leg), at No. 30 Casualty Clearing Station.
Buried in Bucquoy Road British Cemetery, Ficheux, 4½ miles South of Arras, France.

Information on the Canada Commonwealth War Graves Registers amends the address of his widow, Annie Richmond, to 116 Collingham Road, Hull, Yorkshire, England.

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