Hugh Richardson

Menin Gate Memorial. Authors Image

1332 Corporal

1/7th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 10th Brigade, 4th Division

Age: 21

Date of Death: 26.4.15

Buried: Menin Gate Memorial Panel 42 and 44

Family history: Son of James and Helen Richardson, 16 Glasgow Road, Camelon. He had been a member of the Territorial Battalion for four years. He was employed as a clerk in the counting house of Smith and Wellstood Iron Foundry, Bonnybridge.

The action that lead to his death

See ‘25 April 1915 - The 7th Argyll's Have Made a Name that will Never Be Forgotten’ for full details of the action on 25 April.

Medals Awarded:

1915 Star, The British War Medal, Victory Medal

Corporal Hugh Richardson, 1/7th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Medal Index Card