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JOSEPH WILLIAM RICHARDSON

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Rank
Merchant Mariner
Regiment
MM S T QUAIR HULL
Address
14, CEDAR GROVE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL
Kingston upon Hull HU3 5EA
England
Background

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOSEPH & MARY ELIZABETH RICHARDSON, OF 1 ALMA AVENUE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL.

HIS WIFE JANE ELIZABETH (MARSHALL) LIVED AT 14, CEDAR GROVE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE DROWNED WITH JAMES HENRY BOOTH, FROM THE SAME ADDRESS. HE WAS SERVING ON THE FISHING TRAWLER 'QUAIR' THAT WENT MISSING ON 03/11/1916, AGED 23.

HE IS LISTED AS LOST ON THE SOUTH BOULEVARD, ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 11 October 1916).

HIS NAME IS RECORDED WITH HIS BROTHER ARTHUR, LOST AT SEA, ON 29/04/1916, AGED 17. BOTH BROTHERS ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL.

QUAIR (H237), missing, presumed to be enemy action, 3rd November, 1916.

BOOTH, James (41), 14 Cedar-Gr, Eastbourne St, Hull. Bosun

CHAPMAN, James (29), 9 Boynton St, Hull. 2nd/Engineer

DELPH, Thomas (42), 10 Picturesque-Ter, Brighton St, Hull. Chief Engineer

ELLIS, Joseph (31), 160 De La Pole-Ave, Hull. Mate

HARRISON, W (36), Address not traced. Sparehand

LEAF, Samuel (48), Address not traced. Cook

MANDAM, Daniel (27), Wilfred-ter, Westbourne St, Hull. Sparehand

PAWLETT, George (39), 1 Dee St, Hull. Skipper

RICHARDSON, Joseph (23), Cedar-Grove, Eastbourne St, Hull. 2nd/Hand

STIPETIC, Edmund (17), 38 West Dock-Ave, Hull. Trimmer

WATERMAN, John (24), 6 Park-ave, Flinton St, Hull. 3rd/Hand

WILSON, Harold (20), 10 Goulton St, Hull. 4th/HandL

Date Died
03/11/1916
Died
TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON, UK
Age
23
Memorial
116 Koning Albert-I-laan
Blankenberge 8370
Vlaanderen

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