Richard STANSFIELD

Main CPGW Record

Surname: STANSFIELD

Forename(s): Richard

Place of Birth: Earby, Yorkshire

Service No: 7257

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion

Division: 5th Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1915-05-05

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 20.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Richard Stansfield was the son of Henry Stansfield.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Richard Stansfield, 7257, 2/W. Rid. R. Theatre of War first served in: [1 - France]. Date of entry therein: 31.8.14. Pres. Dead.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Richard Stansfield, 7257, 2nd W. Rid. R. Presumed Dead 5.5.15.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Richard Stansfield, 7257, 3rd W. Riding Regt. Date and Place of Death: On or since 5.5.15. Death presumed. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: ½ Sister sole legatee - Mrs Leah Galway. £15 11s. 11d. [Leah Galway, née Kenyon (born Oldham, Lancashire c. 1873) was the wife of R.S.M. Frederick Galway, 5048, 10th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers, who died of wounds, 19 September 1915 and is commemorated on the Barrowford War Memorial.]

1. UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte Richard Stansfield, 5257 [sic], West Riding. Single. Date and cause of death: 5.5.15. K. in A. Father: Henry Stansfield, aged 65 years. Address: 49, Blurcher [sic] Street, Colne.

2. UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte Richard Stansfield, 7257, 2nd West Riding. Date and cause of death: 5.5.15. Missing. Dependant: Mrs. Leah Galway. Address: 10, West Hill, Barrowford near Nelson, Lancs. Relationship to soldier: Sister. 2nd Dependant: Mr. Henry Stansfield, Stonebridge Chambers, Colne, Lancs.

It has not been possible to confirm any further details about Richard Stansfield.

See also:
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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