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George Frederick Richards

1876 - 26/09/1915
CWGC Memorial: Loos Memorial
Other Memorials: St Luke's Church, Bromley

Place of birth: Bromley, Kent
Last known address in Bromley: 76 Southlands Road

Military information

Regiment/Service: Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Battalion/Ship: 8th Bn
Rank: Private
Number: G5461

Family information

Parents: Edmund & Mercy Rebecca Richards (nee Wright)
Parents' occupation: Gardener
Siblings: James John, Edmund George (d), Emma Susan (d), Emily Sarah, Sidney Herbert, Mary Francis
Relatives on War Memorial: BEECHER, W.
Wife: Marian Ada Humphrey
Marriage date: 05-01-1901
Children: Kathleen, Frederick, Edmund, Joan Mercy

Census information

1891
Address: 3 Chatterton Road
Occupation: Garden boy
1901
Address: 9 Chatterton Road
Occupation: Gardener
1911
Address: 8 Walpole Road
Occupation: Gardener

Extra details

George was the second youngest of Edmund and Mercy's seven children. He was baptised on 25th June 1876 at Holy Trinity, Bromley Common.

He married Marian Ada Humphrey on 5th June 1901 and they had four children. He was a member of the Independent Order of Oddfellows.

George was a gardener, like his father, before joining the Royal West Kents on 9th January 1915. He was 5ft 3 inches tall. He was sent to France on 30th August 1915 and was killed on the first day of the Battle of Loos.

His younger sister Mary (May) married William Beecher who also died.


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