Private 31056 Richard Berry
Regiment/Unit: Cheshire Regiment - 11th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 31
Date of death: 24th of March 1918
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Arras Memorial - Bay 5 and 6.
Family details:
Next of kin from service records: Mr Richard Berry (father), 24 Bickerstaffe Street, St Helens. Father Richard is legatee.
Census details:
1891 - 4 years old Richard is living at 11 (fruit shop) Westfield Street, St Helens with mother Alice (28) and three siblings: Thomas (7), Elizabeth (2), Alice (6 mths). Also at the address is servant Mary Sparks (40). 1901 - 14 years old Richard is living at 11 Westfield Street, St Helens with widowed father Richard (a greengrocer, 43) Elizabeth (12), Alice (10), Robert (8), Edward (6), Eliza E (3). [b]Note:[/b] The family are shown as BURY in the 1901 census. 1911 - Sees 24 years old 'Coachman (Cab Driver)' Richard living with his uncle James Pye (42) and his family Elizabeth (39), Thomas (21), William (19), John (15), Emma (13), Sarah (10), Albert (6), Mary Ann (4), Richard (1) at 64 Peasley Cross Lane, St Helens. AVL 1918: 61 Peasley Cross Lane
Notes:
Age taken from census.
Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/31056RichardBerry.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/R_Berry_Ches.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private Richard Berry on the Arras Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
