Wilfrid Stanley Richmond
Colonel Wilfrid Stanley Richmond CMG MICE (10 August 1881 – 28 January 1962) was a British civil engineer and surveyor who specialised in road design[1][2] and was Deputy Director of Roads with the British Expeditionary Force during World War I.[3] He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for his military service during World War I. After World War I he was Divisional Road Engineer at the Ministry of Transport between 1921 and 1945.[1][4][5]
Biography
[edit]Wilfrid Stanley Richmond was born in Sussex on 10 August 1881,[6][7] the son of John Richmond of Harpenden, Hertfordshire.[1][4] He was educated at Bedford Modern School and King's College London.[1][8][7]
Richmond served with the Royal Engineers during World War I where he was Deputy Director of Roads with the British Expeditionary Force,[9] attained the rank of colonel,[10] was mentioned in despatches twice, made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George and was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour.[1][4][11] After the war he was Divisional Road Engineer at the Ministry of Transport between 1921 and 1945.[1][12][13]
On 9 March 1909[14] Richmond married Viola, daughter of John Allen of Brondesbury, with whom he had one son.[4] He died on 28 January 1962.[1][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Obituary in The Times, Colonel W.S. Richmond, 30 January 1962, p.15
- ^ "Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers". 1938. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "Composition of Headquarters". 1918. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Richmond, Col Wilfrid Stanley, (1881–28 Jan. 1962)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U52511. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.
- ^ Who was who. 2002. ISBN 9780713661255. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ England & Wales, Free BMD Index, 1837–1915
- ^ a b UK Civil Engineer Records, 1820–1930
- ^ War Honours Won By Old Boys, Bedford Modern School. Published by H.W. Robinson, Bedford, 1931
- ^ "MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT (APPOINTMENTS)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 8 July 1920. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914–20
- ^ "Colonel Wilfred Stanley RICHMOND. Royal Engineers". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "Journal of the Institute of Transport". 1930. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "Institution of Civil Engineers 1910". Mocavo. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754–1921