Richard Talbot
In 1911 he was a labourer
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Richard was the eldest son of William and Ellen Talbot (née Gardener).
His father William was born in 1871 in Nottingham and his mother Nellie (Ellen) Gardener was born in 1872, also in Nottingham. They were married on 18th January 1888 at Nottingham, and lived at 8 Wrigley's Terrace St Ann's Well Road Nottingham. They had two children, Richard born in 1890 at Nottingham and baptised on 21st December 1890 at St Albion Church, Sneinton, and Wallace Henry born in 1892 but who died in 1894.
In the 1911 census the family are living at 12 Peas Hill Road, St Ann's, Nottingham. William Talbot 40 yrs is a boot and shoe maker, he is living with his wife Ellen 39 yrs and their son Richard 20 yrs single a labourer.
Commencing 1st March 1917, William's widow was awarded a pension of 15 shillings a week.
Private Richard Talbot enlisted and served with the 1st Battalion Border Regiment.
He was killed in action on 1st July 1916, the first day of the battle of the Somme. His grave was brought into Y Ravine Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, after the Armistice (Sp. Mem. A. 4).
CWGC History of Y Ravine Cemetery (extract): '"Y" Ravine runs East and West about 800 metres South of the village, from 'Station Road' to the front line of July 1916. It was a deep ravine with steep sides, lined with dug-outs, with extending two short arms at the West end. The village of Beaumont-Hamel was attacked and reached on 1 July, 1916, by units of the 29th Division (which included the Royal Newfoundland Regiment), but it could not be held. It was attacked again and captured, with the Ravine, by the 51st (Highland) Division on 13 November 1916. The Newfoundland Memorial Park, and the 29th and 51st Divisional Memorials within it, commemorate these engagements, and "Y" Ravine Cemetery is within the Park ... The cemetery was made by the V Corps in the spring of 1917, when these battlefields were cleared. It was called originally "Y" Ravine Cemetery No.1. (No.2 cemetery was concentrated after the Armistice into Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel.) There are now over 400, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over a third are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 53 soldiers (or sailors or Marines) from the United Kingdom and eight from Newfoundland, known or believed to be buried among them
His father Private William Talbot served initially with the Sherwood Foresters Regiment before he was transferred to Royal Marines Light Infantry, Chatham Battalion. He enlisted on 9th September 1914, and transferred to RMLI (short-service engagement duration of war) on 16th September 1914, He joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on 6th February 1915. On 9th May 1915 he suffered gunshot wounds to the left shoulder, side and face, and was invalided to the UK on 2nd July 1915. He died from his wounds and of disease on 20th February 1916. See record on this Roll of Honour.
Richard Talbot. CWGC headstone personal inscription: 'Their glory shall not be blotted out'
Nottingham Evening Post, ‘Roll of Honour’, 16 October 1916: ‘Talbot. Killed in action, July 1st. Private Richard Talbot, Border Regt., dearly beloved son of late William Talbot, 8 Rigley’s-terrace, St. Ann’s Well road, age 26 years. A bitter blow, a shock severe, to part with one I loved so dear. From his sorrowing mother.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Nottingham Evening Post, ‘Roll of Honour’, 16 October 1916: ‘Talbot. Killed in action, July 1st. Private Richard Talbot, Border Regt. A young and noble life laid down. He gave his life that we might live. Sadly missed by his loving aunts and cousins.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
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Y Ravine Cemetery,