Richard William Thouless

Item

Title

Richard William Thouless

Who?

Richard William Thouless

Item(s)

The display case contains a photo of Richard in uniform, a death plaque, condolence card and his medals: the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal, affectionately known together as ‘Pip, Squeak and Wilfred’.

Story

Private Richard William Thouless was Myra’s Great Uncle. Born in West Ham, London and lived in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, he joined the Royal Berkshire Regiment in 1914 and was killed on 1st July 1916, the first day of the battle of the Somme.

Richard is remembered as one of the 72,000 soldiers commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in France.

When?

1914-16

Where?

Abingdon, Somme

Contributor

Myra Jones

Collection Day

Gosport Roadshow, 13/2/2019

This item was submitted on March 8, 2019