Basic Details
Surname
Richardson
Forenames
James
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
7603
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 460 Gladstone Street, and is noted that he was entitled to the 1914 Star medal.

(CWGC records that Private James Richardson, regimental number 7603, died aged 25 on 14/9/1914 serving in 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Stone 20 at La Ferte Sous Jouarre Memorial in France. They record him as the husband of Lilian Sharman (formerly Richardson) of 77 Westgate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that James was a native of Sawtry who enlisted in Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he enlisted on 28/12/1904, and that his widow Lilian Sharman was his legatee. On the 1911 census James was recorded as a soldier, staying with his parents Amos and Mary Ann Richardson at Green End, Sawtry near Peterborough. His birth was registered in Huntingdon District in 1888. His marriage to Lilian Brown was registered in the Sleaford District in 1913).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1914
Month of death
September
Day of death
14
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 14 September 1914. Battle of the Aisne"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
460 GLADSTONE Street
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial