Rifleman A/2370 Percy RICHARDSON

Rifleman A/2370 Percy Richardson{gallery}Rfn P Richardson{/gallery}7th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 25th August 1916, aged 22

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 13A and 13B
  
• Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Henry and Clara Richardson of Old Plough Yard, Atherstone
  
• Brother of Rfn Frank Holland Richardson
• NNWFHS Memorial: Atherstone

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Rifleman Richardson
• NNWFHS Atherstone War Memorial Page
• Thiepval Memorial
• King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jul Qtr 1893 at Atherstone
  
• Lived at Stantons Terrace, Atherstone [1911]
• Employed as a coal miner at Birch Coppice Colliery[1911]
• Enlisted 2 Sep 1914