Private Frank Richards – ‘B’ Company 1st Lincolnshire Regiment

Private Richards was killed in action on the 25th October 1917. He was 22 years old.

Private Richards has no known grave and is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Ypres.

He is also remembered on the St. John’s Church War Memorial.

He was engaged to be married and worked at Marshall and Sons and Company before the War and was a member of Gainsborough Orchestral Society.

Newspaper clipping about Private Richards

Private Frank Richards's headstone before restoration — Private Frank Richards’s headstone before restoration

Private Frank Richards's headstone after restoration — Private Frank Richards’s headstone after restoration

The Friends of Gainsborough Cemeteries and Chapel was set-up to help restore the family headstones of servicemen and women who died during WWI and WWII.

Both cemeteries have graves recognised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

We also work to preserve both the General Cemetery, its Chapel, and the North Warren (Non-Conformist) Cemetery. With the kind permission of Gainsborough Town Council.

The General Cemetery is situated on Cox’s Hill in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. And the North Warren Cemetery is on Ropery Road in Gainsborough.

Private Frank Richards – ‘B’ Company 1st Lincolnshire Regiment

Peter Bradshaw

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