CHARLES ERNEST RICHARDSON
In the third quarter of 1895 Charles and Mary Ann Richardson registered the birth of their son Ernest Charles Richardson. In fact the only place referring to him as Charles Ernest is the war memorial at St Michael's and All Angels Church Fringford, Oxon.
The 1901 census shows Charles Richardson, 51, a cattleman on a farm, his wife Mary Ann, 56 and their children, Ada, 7 and Ernest 5 living in Fringford.
Ernest’s father died in 1906 and the 1911 census lists Ernest, 15, a garden labourer living in Fringford with his mother Mary Ann, 56 and a border, Kate Mary Gerring, 7.
Ernest joined the 11th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment as a Private, Service number 18398. His medal index card does not show a date of entry into the theatre of war and there is no award shown for a 1914-15 star which means that he was not in France until after 1915.
Ernest’s regiment had relieved the 6th Bedfordshires in the front line north of Bazentin-le-Petit on 10th August 1916. Here Battalion faced the German Intermediate Line, its wire being at distances varying from 150-230 yards away. They made an unsuccessful attack at 10.30 p.m. on 12th August 1916 with 'A' and 'C' Companies leading. They sustained around 150 casualties after hand-to-hand fighting and were withdrawn to Mametz Wood. Ernest was killed on 13th August 1916, body was never found and he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial in France, pier and face 9a, 9b and 10b.
His commonwealth war graves entry shows him as aged 21, son of Mary Ann Richardson of Fringford and the late Charles Richardson.
In the third quarter of 1895 Charles and Mary Ann Richardson registered the birth of their son Ernest Charles Richardson. In fact the only place referring to him as Charles Ernest is the war memorial at St Michael's and All Angels Church Fringford, Oxon.
The 1901 census shows Charles Richardson, 51, a cattleman on a farm, his wife Mary Ann, 56 and their children, Ada, 7 and Ernest 5 living in Fringford.
Ernest’s father died in 1906 and the 1911 census lists Ernest, 15, a garden labourer living in Fringford with his mother Mary Ann, 56 and a border, Kate Mary Gerring, 7.
Ernest joined the 11th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment as a Private, Service number 18398. His medal index card does not show a date of entry into the theatre of war and there is no award shown for a 1914-15 star which means that he was not in France until after 1915.
Ernest’s regiment had relieved the 6th Bedfordshires in the front line north of Bazentin-le-Petit on 10th August 1916. Here Battalion faced the German Intermediate Line, its wire being at distances varying from 150-230 yards away. They made an unsuccessful attack at 10.30 p.m. on 12th August 1916 with 'A' and 'C' Companies leading. They sustained around 150 casualties after hand-to-hand fighting and were withdrawn to Mametz Wood. Ernest was killed on 13th August 1916, body was never found and he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial in France, pier and face 9a, 9b and 10b.
His commonwealth war graves entry shows him as aged 21, son of Mary Ann Richardson of Fringford and the late Charles Richardson.