This name is on the St Andrew's War Memorial, Landor Road, Stockwell, London SW9
(Richardson, Alfred)
Service no 80114
Private, Royal Fusiliers, 17th Battalion
Died 4 September 1918
Son of Alfred William Richardson, of Stockwell, London; husband of M. A. Richardson, of 15 Hurst Street, Herne Hill, London.
Remembered at Bac-du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval, Pas de Calais, France and inside St Andrew's Church
Alfred Richardson's army service is puzzling. He signed up at Lambeth on 14 November 1914 at the age of 19 years and 2 months. His service record states that he was a plumber's mate, 5 feet 7 inches tall with a chest of 35½ inches with 2½ inches expansion and weighing 146 pounds and a scar on his left forearm.
After 133 days he was discharged from the army on 26 March 1915 under section 392iii of the King's regulations as "not likely to become an efficient soldier". Richardson had had an epileptic fit 8 days previously with "no history of previous".
The next place we find him is getting married, to Maud Alice Frost at St Jude's, Brixton, on 1 July 1917. He is described as a "meat carrier" and Alice is a "book folder".
Did the Army recall him? He is listed on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database as dying in France on 4 September 1918.