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Personal Details of Percy P Richardson

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Born:
Died:	09/11/1918
Buried:	14/11/1918

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Commonwealth War Grave

The Grave of Percy Richardson is a Commonwealth War Grave.
It is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Name:	Percy Richardson
Service:	Middlesex Regiment transf. to (180434) Labour Corps
Service number:	71725
Rank:	Private
Date of death:	09/11/1918
Age at death:	26
Other information:
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Birth

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Death

Name at death

Percy Richardson

Date of death

Age at death

Gender at Death

Male

Cause of Death

(1) Influenza (2) Pneumonia

Place of Death

Stanford Road Military Hospital Preston, Brighton

Usual Address

South View, West Street, Newbury

GRO certificate index

Year	1918
Quarter	December
District	Steyning
Volume	2b
Page	602
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Information Sources

Death Certificate, Free BMD

Death certificate for Percy P Richardson*
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Burial Register

Name at death

Percy Richardson

Age at Death

Burial Date

14 November 1918

Abode

Stanford Road Military Hospital

Official at Burial

T.W. Beck

Comments

Burial Register Index

Book	1917
Page Number	022
Reccord Number	9773

Sources

Burial Register

Burial Register entry for Percy P Richardson
©Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Memorial Details

	North kerbstone and Gallipoli Stone: In Loving Memory of Percy Richardson, died Nov.9th. 1918 aged 26 years./ 71725 Private P. Richardson Middlesex Regiment 9th November, 1918./South kerbstone: To the dear memory of our mother, Ellen Colton, died Nov. 25th. 1939 aged 82 years./ Widow of George Dyer Colton

Name on Memorial	Percy Richardson
Date of death	09/11/1918
Age	26
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	4 kerbstones and Gallipoli stone
Construction Material	Limestone
Condition of memorial	Inlaid letters
Pattison Location Code	LSH(5)
Others named on memorial
Ellen Colton

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

GOTM Percy Richarson

Source:	FNRC
Article date:	01/11/2021
Copyright:
Transciption:	Private Percy Richardson (1891 – 1918) Middlesex Regiment and Labour Corps Inscription on Gallipoli marker: 71725 PRIVATE P. RICHARDSON MIDDLESEX REGIMENT 9TH NOVEMBER 1918 He was born on 5 December 1891 in Harefield, Uxbridge, into a Wesleyan Methodist family. His parents came from the West Riding of Yorkshire, living and working in the heavy woollen district of Dewsbury and Batley. Due to a decline in the woollen industry caused by prohibitive tariffs, his father found work at the United Asbestos Company in Harefield. By 1911 Percy joined his father at the factory and became a skilled carpenter. After enlisting in October 1916 at Mill Hill, he was called up and posted with the rank of private to the 29th (Works) Bn., Middlesex Regiment. He then married Flossie Violet Colton from Newbury. He was later transferred in April 1917 to the 339th (Home Service) Works Company, Labour Corps. On 2 November 1918, diagnosed with influenza, he was admitted into Stanford Road Military Hospital, Brighton. His condition worsened, and he died with his family by his bedside at the age of 26 on 9 November, two days before Armistice Day. His family brought him to Newbury for burial on 14 November. He is commemorated on the Bell’s United Asbestos Co. War Memorial 19141918 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Harefield. Next of Kin Memorial Plaque “ He died for Freedom and Honour”
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