Private 17608 Richard MARKHAM, MM

Private 17608 Richard Markham, MM{gallery}Pte R Markham{/gallery}2nd Trench Mortar Batt., 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 21st July 1918, aged 21

• Commemorated: Loos Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Panels 91 to 93
  
• Awarded: Military Medal, British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of John and Annie Markham of Bentley, Doncaster
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: No Known Memorial
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Markham
• Loos Memorial
• Northamptonshire Regiment
• London Gazette Military Medal Notice

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born 10 Feb 1897 at Blackburn, Lancs
• Christened 21 Mar 1910 at Church of St Mary. Confirmed 21 Mar 1910 at Attleborough Baptist Church
  
• Lived at 5 Gladys Villa, Midland Road, Nuneaton [1901]
• Lived at Lodge Farm, Astley [1911]
  
• Lived at 56 Fitton Street, Nuneaton [1916]
  
• Employed as an agricultural servant [1911]
• Enlisted at Coventry