Second Lieutenant Richard Shirburne Weld-Blundell

Regiment/Unit: King's (Liverpool Regiment) - 6th Bn.
Theatre of War: Home (Ramsgate)

Age at death: 27
Date of death: 1st of January 1916 (Saturday)
Born: Blundell Sands, Lancashire
Resided: Ipswich
Burial / Memorial: Ince Blundell Roman Catholic Cemetery - At the crossing of the two paths.

BMD details:
Birth Registered: 4th Qtr 1887 at West Derby Vol 8b - Page 510. Marriage: 1st Qtr 1915 Richard S Weld-blundell to Mary A Mayne at Ipswich, Suffolk Vol 4a - Page 1595.

Family details:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weld Blundell (nee Lane Fox), of Ince Blundell Hall, Blundellsands; husband of Mary Weld Blundell (nee Mayne), of Grace Dieu, Ipswich.

Census details:
1891 - 3 years old Richard S is living at Ince Blundell Hall, Ince Blundell with father Charles Weld Blundell (45) and three siblings: Mary Treasa Blundell (5), [cas=3235]Louis Joseph Weld-Blundell[/cas] (2), Alice Mary Welch Blundell (9 mths). Also at the address are visitor Agnes Mazy Ellen Weld (15) and eleven servants: Mary Elisabeth Rutledge (20), Amelia Rutledge (18), Agusta Marquisita Nerrez (19), George Rippon (68), Henry Newton (24), Mary Gilham (64), Elizabeth Mary McFern (24), Mary Eline Smith (24), Christina Campbell (24), Margaret Healy (25), Margaret Scarisbrick (20). 1901 - 13 years old 'Scholar' Richard S is boarding at Ladycross, Braidley Road, Christchurch, Bournemouth. 1911 - Not found.

Notes:
[note=90]Two Weld-Blundell Brothers died in The Great War[/note]

[pic]imgs/sppics/RSWeld-BlundellSouthportVisiter11Jan1916.jpg[/pic][caption]Southport Visiter, 11 January 1916 (PaulC)[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Weld-Blundell_Bros.jpg[/pic][caption]Ormskirk Advertiser, 11 November 1915[/caption] [pic]imgs/sppics/Richard_S_Weld-Blundell.jpg[/pic][caption] National Probate Calendar[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Formby_Times_8_Jan_19161_zps0ad06f13.jpg[/pic][pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Formby_Times_8_Jan_1916_2_zps4c6e82c7.jpg[/pic][caption]A detailed obituary for Richard Shirburne Weld-Blundell taken from The Formby Times, 8 January 1916.[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Richard_S_Weld-Blundell_zpscc95258b.jpg[/pic] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Richard_S_Weld-Blundell2_zps707ad6a5.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of 2Lt Richard S Weld-Blundell at Ince Blundell Roman Catholic Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Paul C.)[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Ince_Blundell_War_Memorial_zpse851e89a.jpg[/pic][caption]Ince Blundell War Memorial (All photos courtesy of Paul C)[/caption][/url] [pic]imgs/WW1_ext/LoweHouseMem4.jpg[/pic][caption]Richard is remembered on the [url=lmem.php?lmem=10]Lowe House Memorial[/caption]