Lance Corporal 64798 Richard Roberts Baldwin

Richard Baldwin.

Regiment/Unit: Machine Gun Corps -
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 137346, R.H. & R.F.A.

Age at death: 29
Date of death: 11th of June 1918 (Tuesday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Grand-Seraucourt British Cemetery - VII. A. 15.

BMD details:
Marriage: 1st Qtr 1912 Richard R Baldwin to Mary Harkness at Prescot, Lancashire. Vol 8b - Page 931. Marriage took place on 19/02/1912 at the Primitive Methodist Chapel, St Helens.

Family details:
Son of James and Sarah Baldwin, of St. Helens, Lancs; husband of Mary Gormley (formerly Baldwin), of 18, Silverburn Avenue, Moreton, Cheshire. Address at enlistment: 241 Mill Lane, Sutton, St Helens. Next-of-kin: Mary Baldwin (wife), 76 Brynn Street,

Census details:
1891 - 2 years old Richard is living at 9 Robins Lane, Sutton, St Helens with parents James (25), Sarah J (24). 1901 - 12 years old Richard R is living at 15 Robins Lane, Sutton, St Helens with parents James (35), Sarah J (34) and brothers Robert (9), William (5). 1911 - Sees 22 years old 'Grocers Assistant' Richard living at 213 Marshalls Cross Road, Sutton, St Helens with parents James (45), Sarah (44), and brother William (15).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=1]Remembered on All Saints War Memorial, Sutton, St Helens[/url] [url=lmem.php?lmem=21]Also Remembered On St Marks War Memorial, North Road.[/url] Richard died as a Prisoner-Of-War

[pic]imgs/coop/1914-1918_War09.jpg[/pic] [caption]From St Helens Co-operative Book of Remembrance[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/64798RichardRobertsBaldwin.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Lance Corporal Richard R. Baldwin at Grand-Seraucourt British Cemetery (Photograph Courtesy of Jofen from [url=http://www.findagrave.com/index.html]Find A Grave[/url])[/caption]