RICHARDSON

		Source
		CWGC	SDGW	Uttoxeter Advertiser	Other
Parents	Robert and Matilda Richardson,	Yes			1
Where born	Larbrick, Lancashire		Yes
When born	About 1891				4
Address	88, High Street, Uttoxeter
Address	High Street, Uttoxeter			3a, 3b
	Parents: Handsworth Road, Blackpool	Yes			1
Spouse	Elsie Lavinia Walkden (formerly Richardson), of 88, High Street, Uttoxeter, Staffs
Children
Employment Before Joining up	Policeman with the Manchester City Police			3b
Where enlisted	Manchester		Yes
Regiment	Grenadier Guards	Yes	Yes	3a, 3b	1
Unit	No. 1 Coy. 4^th Bn.	Yes			1
Unit	4^th Bn.		Yes
Rank	Private			3a, 3b	1
Rank	Guardsman	Yes	Yes
Service Number	21247	Yes	Yes		1
Date of Death	25 September 1916	Yes	Yes		1
Date of Death	20 September 1916
Age at time of death	25	Yes			1
Where Killed or died	Somme – Les Boeufs
Where Killed or died	France/Flanders		Yes
How he died	Killed in Action		Yes
How he died	Missing
Location of Grave or Memorial	Thiepval Memorial for the Missing Pier and Face 8 D.	Yes			1, 5
Awards

Before the war he served in the 5^th Royal Lancaster Regiment Territorial Force.^[1]

Robert joined the Manchester Police Force on 8/1/1913 ^[1]. He enlisted in the Grenadier Guards with a number of his colleagues. We know that he was in the army by May 1915, as given by the photograph below:

He and his wife (nee Miss Mellor)^[3b] married at Uttoxeter after he enlisted^[3b].

He was described as 'a fine specimen of an Englishman'^[3b].

He was wounded about 12 months before he was killed^[3b], but on that occasion he recovered and returned to the front^[3b].

At the end of October 1916 the Uttoxeter Advertiser published an article^[3a] saying that he was reported missing. It was not until the end of January 1917 that his death was made official^[3b].

The Uttoxeter Advertiser roll of honour says that he died at Les Boeufs, France.

He has no known grave and his name is recorded on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing.