Joseph Arthur Richards, Royal Warwickshire Regt
Item
Title
Joseph Arthur Richards, Royal Warwickshire Regt
Who?
Joseph Arthur Richards, Royal Warwickshire Regt (transferred divisions in September 1917). Service Number 4248.
Item(s)
Framed picture of Joseph Arthur Richards
Story
Joseph Arthur Richards was born in 1893 in Kent. Before the war, he was a policeman from a relatively well-off family. His father was headmaster at an elementary school and his mother was sub-post mistress at the Post Office in Shustoke, Birmingham, where the family lived.
Joseph joined 1/8 Royal Warwickshire Regiment as a sergeant. One family member believed that Joseph was killed by a sniper, but the contributor was not sure if this was true. It is now known that Joseph was killed when the 25th Battalion captured Landrecies on 4 November 1918 (or 1917?). Joseph is buried in the British Cemetery at Landrecies (Grave A-31).
Joseph joined 1/8 Royal Warwickshire Regiment as a sergeant. One family member believed that Joseph was killed by a sniper, but the contributor was not sure if this was true. It is now known that Joseph was killed when the 25th Battalion captured Landrecies on 4 November 1918 (or 1917?). Joseph is buried in the British Cemetery at Landrecies (Grave A-31).
When?
1914-18
Where?
Landrecies
Contributor
John Richards, great-great-nephew
Collection Day
King's High, Warwick
This item was submitted on June 11, 2019