Tom Richmond
He was an erand boy in 1911
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Tom Richmond was born in 1900 at Nottingham, he was the son of the late William Richmond a mechanic and Emma Richmond née Porter and the brother of Edith, Fred, Percy (killed in action 3/10/1915), and Mabel Richmond.
His fathr William was born in 1849 at Gamston he died in 1901 at Nottingham aged 52 yrs, his mother Emma Porter was born in 1869 at Huddersfield, they were married on 7th April 1890 at Emmanuel Church, Nottingham, they went on to have 7 children, sadly 1 died in infancy or early childhood.
In the 1911 census the family lived at 51 Manning Street, Woodborough Road, Nottingham Emma Richmond 42 yrs is a widow and is living with her children, Edith 18 yrs a lace jennier, Frederick 17 yrs a dairyman, Percy 13 yrs an errand boy, Thomas 11 yrs and Mabel 10 yrs of age.
At the time of his death he was engaged to Cissie.
Private Tom Richmond enlisted on 15th August 1917 at Nottingham, giving his age as 17 yrs and 358 days, he was posted to the reserves and molised for war 22nd September 1917, he was posted to the Sherwod Foresters Regiment and transferred on 5th December 1917 to the 19th battalion Durham Light Infantry. He embarked from Folkstone on 3rd April 1918 and was killed in action on 18th April 1918 he is buried in Hedauville Communal Cemetery Extension
Nottingham Post notice (abridged), 9 May 1918: 'Richmond. Killed in action April 19th, Private T Richmond, Durham Light Infantry, second to fall. Mother, sisters, Fred (in France), Bill (in Egypt). Fiancee Cissie.'
His brother Private Percy Richmond enlisted in Nottingham in the Sherwood Foresters, No. 3768 but after arrival in France he was posted to 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. He was killed in action during the continuing Battle of Loos, but his body was never recovered. His name was commemorated on the Loos Memorial (Panel 49 & 50).
Photo of Tom Richmond
Hedauville Communal Cemetery Extension, France