Trooper 7880634 Richard Bethell
Regiment: Royal Armoured Corps
Theatre of War: Home
Age at death: 39
Date of death: 1st of December 1945
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Parr (St Peters) Churchyard
BMD details:
Marriage of Richard Bethell to Fanny J Cuniffe reg Q1 1935 Prescot. Vol 8b page 875
Family details:
Son of Edward and Ellen Bethell, of St. Helens; husband of Fanny Josephine Bethell, of Parr, St. Helens.
Census details:
1911 - Richard 5 is living with his parents Edward 31, Ellen 28 and siblings Elizabeth Ellen 10, Albert Edward 8, Margaret 6 Frederick James 2 and Eric 4 months at 140 Wilson Street, St Helens. 1939 Register. Not identified. The couple are not at 109 Wilson Street, St Helens with widowed mother Ellen Bethel born 26/10/1883 an Unpaid Domestic and sister Hilda Bethel born 21/05/1923 a Glass Bottle Warehouse Girl. Also at the address is James Baxter born 22/02/1892 a Sewerage Labourer (Heavy Work).
Notes:
Not on Cenotaph - CWGC give his residence as Liverpool.
Not on Cenotaph - CWGC give his residence as Liverpool.
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[caption]The headstone of Richard Bethell at Parr St Peters churchyard.
(Picture courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
