Corporal 6047 Richard Waite
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
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Regiment/Unit: Royal Engineers - 419th West Lancs Field Coy.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1)
Date Entered Therein: 03/01/1915
Age at death: 22
Date of death: 25th of May 1915
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery - VIII. A. 47.
Family details:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Waite, of 22, Rodney St., Newtown, St. Helens, Lancs. Mother & Sole Legatee: Mary.
Census details:
1901 - 8 years old Richard is living at 22 Rodney Street, St Helens with parents [cas=3345]Arthur Waite[/cas] (35), Mary (33) and brothers [cas=3040]John Waite[/cas] (3), Joseph (8 Mths). 1911 - Sees 18 years old 'Box Maker' Richard still living at 22 Rodney Street, St Helens with parents [cas=3345]Arthur Waite[/cas] (42), Mary (42) and brothers [cas=3040]John Waite[/cas] (13), Joseph (10).
Notes:
[note=155]The Waite family members who died in The Great War[/note]
[note=155]The Waite family members who died in The Great War[/note]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/RWaiteRE.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/RWaite_RE.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Corporal Richard Waite at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
(Photographs courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
