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This name is on the St Mark's War Memorial, Kennington Oval, London SE11
(Richard John Tattersall)
(Tattersall, Richard John)
Service no 1846
Lance Corporal, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles), 1st/18th Battalions
Killed in action aged about 24 on 25 September 1915
Remembered at Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France and at St Mark's Church, London SE11
National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918TATTERSALL, R. J., L/Cpl., 18th London Regt. (London Irish Rifles).Volunteering in August 1914, he proceeded overseas in the following year, and served with the 47th Division in many sectors of the Western Front. He fought at Givenchy, and Festubert, and fell in action on September 25th, 1915. He was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. "He died the noblest death a man may die,
Fighting for God, and right, and liberty."
36, Treherne Road, Stockwell, S.W.9.
Information from the 1911 census
In 1911 Richard John Tattersall, then 20, was working as a stationer's assistant, living with his parents and brother and sister at 20 Ashmole Road, Kennington. Samuel Tattersall, 56, was a lamp cleaner, born in Lancashire. His wife, Margaret, 55, was born in Lambeth. Charles Tattersall, 25, was a printer and engraver; Mary Tattersall, 23, was a housemaid in a factory. The children were born in Lambeth. Horace Spratt, 24, a slater's labourer from Camberwell boarded with the family.
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