Rifleman 240616 John Thomas Richardson
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 13/02/1915
Age at death: 23
Date of death: 1st of August 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: White House Cemetery St Jean-es-Ypres - III. E. 15.
BMD details:
Marriage: 02/01/1916 John T RICHARDSON to Elizabeth JONES at St Helens Parish Church
Family details:
Widow: Elizabeth.
Census details:
1901 - 7 years old John T, parents Thomas Richardson (33), Mary Ann Richardson (29) and siblings Elizabeth Richardson (10), Margaret Richardson (2), Lancelot Richardson (6 Mths) are all boarding at 48 Stanhope Street, St Helens with Edward Hayes (38), his wife Ellen Hayes (37) and their niece Ethel Tormey (16). 1911 - Sees 17 years old 'Glass Worker - Labourer' John T boarding at 7 New Cross Street, St Helens with the Woodward family.
Notes:
[box]CWGC show the date of death as 01/08/1916 - an amendment will be submitted to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission via the `In From the Cold Project` to correct the date. ----- The date has now been corrected [/box] His MIC and SDGW show the date of death as 01/08/1917. MIC also shows service number as 240610. Age taken from census.
[box]CWGC show the date of death as 01/08/1916 - an amendment will be submitted to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission via the `In From the Cold Project` to correct the date. ----- The date has now been corrected [/box] His MIC and SDGW show the date of death as 01/08/1917. MIC also shows service number as 240610. Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/240616JohnThomasRichardson.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/RichardsonJT.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/J_T_Richardson_SLR_zpscf86f143.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Rifleman John Thomas Richardson at
White House Cemetery, St. Jean-es-Ypres
(Photograph courtesy of Frederik Sohier)[/caption]
