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Richard was born the 26 Dec 1884 the son of agricultural worker Henry Robson and Maria. The family lived at Holme on the Wold and Richard and his siblings were baptised at Dalton Holme church and attended to Dalton Holme school. Henry died in 1903.
In 1911 Richard aged 26 and his brother Joseph were working as agricultural labourers at Wallis Grange Farm between Kiplingcotes and Etton. Maria was in Lund living with her dressmaker daughter, Edith.
Richard enlisted with the Northumberland Fusiliers and has service numbers for both the 4th and 5th Battalions. His photograph appeared in the Beverley Guardian on 13 Jan 1917, a small item the following week stated Richard had been wounded and he was at base hospital being treated for shrapnel wounds to his back. His mother was assured the injury wasn’t serious.
Richard returned to live and work in Lund, he remained single and in 1939 his niece Edith Ann Curtis and her husband Frank lived with him. Richard died in Driffield hospital in 1964 aged 79, another niece, Alice Firth, was given probate of his small estate.
The War Memorial in Lund lists the 8 men from the village who died, and a Roll of Honour for other Lund men who served, includes the names of Richard and his brother Alfred who was a Waggoner.
Includes information taken from census, military records, Commonwealth War Graves, newspapers |