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Richard Henry Nelson was born the 24 May 1891 in Hull where his father was a marine engineer. He was baptised at the church of St John the Baptist, Newington. He was the son of Richard and Charlotte Nelson who lived in St George’s Road, Hull until Richard’s death in 1900. Richard and Charlotte had six children: Margaret, Richard Henry, John Roland, Charlotte Evelyn, Charles Victor and Harold. When their father died John and Richard were placed in the Port of Hull Orphans’ Home on Cottingham Road where they received their education and Charlotte was placed in the Hull Seaman’s’ Orphan Asylum in Myton. The family were later reunited when their mother moved to Molescroft.
In 1911 Richard was working as a signal lad for the North Eastern Railway in Hull and was a member of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. He married Lilian Maude Robinson on 20 Oct 1917 at St John’s Newland, Hull.
Richard served in the Merchant Fleet on HMS Omba during the war and received the British War Medal. He stayed in the Merchant Navy until 1921.
Richard died in 1945 in Bakewell, Derbyshire at the age of 53.
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