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Wilfrid Stanley Richmond

Wilfrid Stanley Richmond

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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

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]

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    Obituary in The Times, Colonel W.S. Richmond, 30 January 1962, p.15
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    England & Wales, Free BMD Index, 1837–1915
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    UK Civil Engineer Records, 1820–1930
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    War Honours Won By Old Boys, Bedford Modern School. Published by H.W. Robinson, Bedford, 1931
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    "MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT (APPOINTMENTS)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 8 July 1920. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
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    British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914–20
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    "Colonel Wilfred Stanley RICHMOND. Royal Engineers". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
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    London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754–1921
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