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JOSEPH WILLIAM RICHARDSON

Kingston upon Hull HU3 5EA
England
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
Blankenberge 8370
Vlaanderen
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