(Charles) John Richardson

Remembered with Honour in the St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'AvoureBritish War Medal and Allied Victory Medal.

(Charles) John Richardson.

Personal Details:

Charles John Richardson, (known as John) was born in Malpas in 1893.

Son of Charles Richardson.

The 1901 census records him living with his grandmother, Sarah Davies in High Street, Malpas.

Married Beatrice Annie Bebbington at Cudworth, Lancashire on 9th February 1914.

The couple continued to live at Cudworth.

Father to Mary and Charles.

Mary was born on 2nd October 1913, and her birth was registered in Whitchurch.

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Military Details:

Regiment:           14th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment.

Rank:                 Lance Sergeant.

Serial Number:   14/599.

John's enlistment papers in 1914 record him as a gas worker.

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Record of Death:

Killed in action in France (Battle of the Somme) on 28th August 1916. Aged 23.

Buried at St Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richeborg-l’Avoure, Pas de Calais, France. III. R. 12.

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Medals and Awards:

John was awarded the Campaign Medals (British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal).

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Further Information:

Charles John Richardson; was born along with 3 of his 4 siblings in Malpas (as were both his parents); then the family moved away.

The service record for CJR (service number 14/599) survives and indicates he was born in Malpas in 1893 and in 1919 both his parents are recorded as deceased.

C J Richardson (no names), Sgt, York and Lancaster Reg, was grandson of late Mrs Davies of Tilston Road, Malpas.