johnnie Posted 31 October , 2007 Share Posted 31 October , 2007 I wonder if anybody can help. A freind is trying to find out more about Robert Richardson in the hope of putting a display together at a local museum. He was awarded the MilitaryMedal at Yepres, and after the war he returned to coal mining. In about 1920 he was awarded the Order Of Industrial Heroism for rescuing a pit pony and the newspaper article from the time mentions the Military Medal. He was then killed in 1929 at Montague Colliery, Newcastle. Any advice or information to the man would be fantastic. Johnnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huytonhoofer Posted 31 October , 2007 Share Posted 31 October , 2007 Johnnie Do we have anymore to go on? A regiment? a service number? a birthplace? Robert Richardsons that come up in WO/372/23, the MM index at the NA are all WW2 recipients. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelPack Posted 31 October , 2007 Share Posted 31 October , 2007 Johnnie MM MIC here: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...p;resultcount=2 Campaign Medals MIC here: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...p;resultcount=2 LG promulgation here: http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/ViewPDF.a...ll=&exact=R. Richardson&atleast=&similar= It is for October 1916 so obviously at the early stage of the Somme and not third Ypres. Regards Mel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Stewart Posted 31 October , 2007 Share Posted 31 October , 2007 Johnnie, He is also known to have been "Sick to Hospital" - 5/5/1915; Wounded on the 23rd January 1916 and confirmed in the February 1916 edition of St.Georges Gazette and "Sick to Hospital" again 2/1/1917. All of the information provided by other members ties in, but the fly in ointment is the last MIC number "2097", which doesn't tie in with the 6th Bn and so he may have transferred for a short while. Graham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 31 October , 2007 Share Posted 31 October , 2007 Mel, On the new gazette site, you need to go back a page and then back to your original back, otherwise the links come out broken. I think it's an IE7 thing. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelPack Posted 31 October , 2007 Share Posted 31 October , 2007 Thanks Steve for the tip. I find the new LG site a little better than the old one because of the preview element - but I am not going to compete with your craftsmanship regards Mel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedalHunter Posted 1 November , 2007 Share Posted 1 November , 2007 Thanks Steve for the tip. I find the new LG site a little better than the old one because of the preview element - but I am not going to compete with your craftsmanship regards Mel Johhnie, Was interested to see your thread, but from a more personal level. I would be interested in knowing more about your Robert Richardson. as my name is Ian Richardson and in my family tree on my fathers side, they all come from the North East and were almost without exception coalminers. I would be interested in seeing what you have about him. Richardson is a very common name in the region and so could be completely unrelated, but you never know. Regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnie Posted 2 November , 2007 Author Share Posted 2 November , 2007 Thanks for the replies on this one. I have no information about this other than what the lady from the museum gave me. I haven't actually seen the newspaper cutting myself, however I will try and get a copy to check dates etc. Medalhunter, all I have is that he was from (or so I am told) Springwell. Johnnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedalHunter Posted 11 November , 2007 Share Posted 11 November , 2007 Thanks for the replies on this one. I have no information about this other than what the lady from the museum gave me. I haven't actually seen the newspaper cutting myself, however I will try and get a copy to check dates etc. Medalhunter, all I have is that he was from (or so I am told) Springwell. Johnnie Thanks Johnnie, Slightly further north, (but only just) mine are all from around Bishop Auckland, Crook, Spennymoor sort of area, so not a million miles away. Being miners they would have moved around the area depending on where the work was. Do you have a date of Birth or parents names? Regards Ian Thanks for the replies on this one. I have no information about this other than what the lady from the museum gave me. I haven't actually seen the newspaper cutting myself, however I will try and get a copy to check dates etc. Medalhunter, all I have is that he was from (or so I am told) Springwell. Johnnie Thanks Johnnie, Slightly further north, (but only just) mine are all from around Bishop Auckland, Crook, Spennymoor sort of area, so not a million miles away. Being miners they would have moved around the area depending on where the work was. Do you have a date of Birth or parents names? Regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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