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Surname: RICHMOND
Forename(s): Stanley
Place of Birth: Bell Busk, Yorkshire
Service No: 467545
Rank: Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Canadian Infantry
Battalion / Unit: 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles)
Division: 1st Canadian Division
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1917-11-10
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30.
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:
Stanley Richmond (born 26 October 1894) was the son of Tom and Ada Richmond, née Pilling. Tom was born at Bell Busk and Ada at Low Moor, near Wibsey, Yorkshire. Stanley was the nephew of Private Charles Ernest Pilling (1037293) (q.v.).
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 11, Mill Lane - Stanley Richmond, aged 6 years, born Bell Busk, Yorkshire, son of Tom and Ada Richmond.
Stanley was killed in action on the last day of the Battles of Ypres, 1917, 31 July-10 November, during the Second Battle of Passchendaele, 26 October-10 November.
Canadian service records: http://www.baclac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Canadian Infantry
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 1st Canadian Division
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Page from the First World War ‘Book of Remembrance’: Private Stanley Richmond
Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman, Clitheroe)
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18 January 1918
SKIPTON ‘CANADIAN’ KILLED
News has reached Skipton of the death in action on November 29th, of Lance-Corporal Stanley Richmond, Lewis Gun Section, Canadian Infantry, son of Mr. Tom Richmond, a well-known Skiptonian who for many years was manager at Low Mill, Skipton, and who interested himself in many of the public organisations of the town. About ten years ago Mr. Richmond and his family emigrated to Edmondton, Canada, to engage in farming. Deceased, who was only 23 years of age, enlisted in the early days of the war, and had since paid visits to his native town.
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