Notes
The memorial states he attended the Adult Education Service in 1930-35. The Wolverhampton War Memorials website (see References) adds: 'H.M.S. Fiji, Royal Navy. Richard was born 10 December 1918 son of Charles Henry and Nancy Moore, of Wolverhampton. His father died December 1930. The 1939 Register records Richard and his mother living at 90 Leslie Road, Wolverhampton and he employed as a Clerk for the Local Government. Richard was killed in action 23rd May 1941 aged 22 during the Battle for Crete when H.M.S. Fiji was sunk early in the battle on 22 May 1941 by German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter bombers. She was sunk while trying to rescue the survivors of the destroyer H.M.S Greyhound which had been sunk an hour earlier. The ship sank with the loss of 241 of her men. 523 crew members survived the sinking.
Panel 57, Column 3. Portsmouth Naval Memorial.'