SIDNEY HERBERT
RICHARDSON
1898 - 1969

1898 March 1st - Born at 74 Pevensey Road, Cann Hall, Leyton. CERTIFICATE.

1901 CENSUS - living at 74 Pevensey Road, Cann Hall, Leytonstone. Aged 3. Born in Leytonstone.

1911 CENSUS - living at 22 Rutland Road, Ilford, Essex. Aged 13. Single. Scholar. Born in Forest Gate.


NAVY YEARS:
1913 October 13th - aged 15 - enlisted as Boy 2nd Class. Served his initial training at HMS Impregnable, Devonport, Plymouth probably on the first of the three 'Impregnables' there at the time all acting as training ships.
1914 June7th - advanced to Boy 1st Class whilst still at Impregnable.		 View larger image
HMS Impregnable (formerly HMS Howe)

1914 June 25th - on board HMS Edgar which at the time was part of the 10th Cruiser Squadron Northern Patrol whose aim was to maintain the blockade of the North Sea, its patrol area extending from the Norwegian coast far into the Atlantic and covering all approaches to the European continent from a northerly direction. Would probably have been involved in undertaking lone patrols, and later, convoy escort duties. The squadron consisted mainly of Armed Merchant Cruisers, commissioned to relieve the regular Navy cruisers.		 View larger image
HMS Edgar

1914 August 2nd - at HMS Pembroke I, Chatham Naval Barracks presumably for training.		 View larger image
RN Barracks at Chatham (HMS Pembroke)
1914 September 17th - on AMC Edinburgh Castle (Armed Merchant Cruiser). This was a merchant cruiser requisitioned by the Royal Navy on the 12th September 1914, just 5 days before Sidney joined it. This was one of many auxillary cruisers commissioned by the Royal Navy.
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Sidney serving on HMS Lancaster		 1914 December 11th - on HMS Lancaster. An armoured cruiser with fourteen 6-inch guns, HMS Lancaster entered service in April 1904. Following the German defeat off the Falkland Islands in December 1914, she joined the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow. However in July 1915 she proceeded to Chatham for a prolonged refit.
(click here for more info. on HMS Lancaster)		 View larger image
1915 July 30th - back at HMS Pembroke 1, Chatham Naval Barracks. He probably came back on the Lancaster which returned to Chatham for a refit at this time. View larger image
The Drill Hall, HMS Pembroke - Chatham Navy Barracks
1915 August 7th - on HMS Latona. In 1915 the HMS Latona became a depot ship in the Mediterranean. Sidney then spent the next two and a half years or more on the Latona, presumably somewhere in the Mediterranean. (click here for more info. on HMS Latona) View larger image

 

1924 August 2nd - Married at St.Edwards Parish Church, Romford. Living at 49 Market Place, Romford, Essex. Occupation - painter.




Occupation - in 1925, House Painter living at 2 Wellington Terrace, Kensington Road, Romford, Essex (Birth certificate of Douglas George, son).

Occupation - in 1954, Decorator living at 19 Malvern Road, Hornchurch, Essex

8/8/1966 - Occupation given as Machine Operator, retired of 19 Malvern Road, Hornchurch, Essex - death certificate of his wife Jane Elizabeth

1966 Dec 9th - Received some Inheritance. See below.*

*He was left some money from an Estate comprising some land called "Wayside" at Danaway, Sittingbourne, Kent. This belonged to Rose Ann Durrant (nee Mugridge) who may have died intestate as it took 12 years to finally settle the matter. SEE THE DANAWAY DOCUMENTS.

07/06/1969 - Died at Prospect Park Hospital, Reading. CERTIFICATE.