World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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James Robert Richardson
Forename(s):
James Robert
Surname:
Richardson
Initial(s):
J R
Service Number:
1430
Rank:
Sergeant
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 1/7th Battalion Territorial Force
Died:
14/11/1916
Aged:
20
Buried:
Thiepval Memorial
Service History:
Enlisted at Rothbury, Northumberland.
Died in the same battle for the Butte de Warlencourt that claimed the lives of Private Robert Gutherson of Thropton, & Private George Hateley who lived & worked at Alnham. The Butte represents the furthest point reached by the British during the 1916 Somme Offensive.
(Source: 'The Valley Remembers'; Edited by Sandy Hunter; Upper Coquetdale WW1 Project; 2014; p. 63)
Background:
Son of Andrew & Jemima Richardson, of Reivers Well Lodge, Cragside, Rothbury, Northumberland.
One of two sons lost: see, also, Lance-Sergeant William Richardson (Regimental service #35144; Northumberland Fusiliers, 12th [Service] Battalion; Died 22 February 1917).
Local Memorial:
Rothbury War Memorial
Thropton, Village Hall
(Source: For Thropton, newmp.org.uk)