See also
Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
12 Nov 1873
Residence:
1891 (age 17-18)
St George Hanover Square, London, England6
Relation to Head of House: Son
Residence:
2 Oct 1893 (age 19)
United Kingdom8
Occupation:
-; RAMC
Residence:
Surrey, England2
Death:
5 Mar 1915 (age 41)
Belgium7
Burial:
5 Mar 1915
Heuvelland, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium7,9
Info from www.RAMC-ww1,com Francis was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital - entering as a student in 1893, he qualified M.R.C.S. (Eng), L.R.C.P. (Lond) in 1899. He gained a commission within the Medical Services at the rank of Lieutenant on 17th November 1899, then served in South Africa from 1899-1902 - being present at the relief of Lady-smith, the battle of Spion Kop, as well as other actions. On the 17th November 1902, he was promoted to Captain and served in India until 1905. Francis went to Jamaica from 1908-1912 - during which time he was promoted again to the rank of Major on 17th August 1911. He was stationed at Queenstown at the outbreak of war. Francis entered the war in France on 20th August 1914. He was the son of the late Mr and Mrs Edward Richards of Arnos Vale, Rostrevor, Co. Down; and the husband of Florence Agnes Richards (nee Dawson) of 21 Spencer Hill, Wimbledon.
n 1911 was in Jamaica with her husband in Jamaica. There were no children at that point.
FreeBMD, (Name: Name: Name: Published on the Internet;;;). Marriages June 1908.
Ancestry.com, England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
Ancestry.com, Surrey, England, Marriages, 1754-1937, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
Ancestry.com, England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1881 England Census, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. 1881 British Isles Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject;). Ancestry.co.uk, http://www.Ancestry.co.uk.
Ancestry.com, 1891 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). Class: RG12; Piece: 74; Folio: 173; Page: 22; GSU roll: 6095184. Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
Ancestry.com, UK, Medical and Dental Students Registers, 1882-1937, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;). The Wellcome Trust; London, England; Medical Students Register; Reference Number: b24389602_i13752765. Ancestry.com.
RAMC in the Great War Website, (Name: www.ramc.ww1.com;).
Ancestry.com, Surrey, England, Baptisms, 1813-1912, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
FreeBMD, (Name: Name: Name: Published on the Internet;;;). Births Mar 1877.