Private Robert Richardson
Number: 24928
Company: 46th (Belfast) Company (New), 12th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 7 February 1901
Place: Belfast
Age: 21 years
Trade of calling: Groom
Place of birth: In the Parish of Newcastle-on-Tyne, near the Town of Newcastle-on-Tyne, in the County of Durham
Family: Wife, Agnes Richardson (nee Stewart), 38 Charles Street, Belfast. Married St Andrew's Belfast 25 December 1899. Child Robert Andrew born July 1900.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 7 3/4". Complexion fresh, eyes blue/grey, hair brown.
Religion: Church of England
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 1901
Campaigns: South Africa 1899-1902
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, 1901 and 1902 clasps.
DEATH
Date: 3 January 1902
Place: Lindley
Cause: Wounds (left hand and abdomen) sustained at Reitz on 28 December 1901.
Commemorated: Richardson is buried in the Lindley Cemetery. He is commemorated on the Lindley Cemetery Memorial.
At some point Richardson was posted to the 42nd Company, 12th Battalion (according to the Medal Rolls).
This page last updated 17 July 2024.