Name
Richard Hemmings
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
22/04/1915
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
13048
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 31 and 33
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Codicote Village Memorial, Peace Memorial Hall, Codicote, We are not aware of any memorial in Langley
Pre War
Born in 1897 Langley, near Hitchin to Charles & Mary Ann Hemmings.
1911 Census: living with family in the Wheathampstead Road, Codicote and working as a Butcher's Lad. Parents later lived at 4 Council Cottages, Codicote.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Codicote, Herts. Served in France and Flanders. Reported as missing, presumed killed in action.
It was reported that Richard and another soldier, Edward Jones, received a memorial service at their Parish Church, on the Wednesday before 15th January 1916. Both were in the 1st Bedfordshires. It was believed that they had both died in the fierce battle for Hill 60. Inquiries had been made as to their fate, but no answers had been received so they were initially reported as missing and then presumed dead.
The service was conducted by the Rev H H Moore, the Dead March to Saul was played and the church bells were muffled for the occasion.
Additional Information
Brother of Robert Hemmings also named on the memorial. War gratuity of £3 granted to father Charles.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer, June Colegrove, Roll-of-Honour.com
