Second Lieutenant Richard Henry King

Army Number: n/a (formerly Private 27306 Ox and Bucks Light Infantry)

Battalion: 12th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

He lived at 16 Park Avenue, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Son of James and Elizabeth King, of 1 Toothill Lane, Mansfield Nottingham. Husband of Gladys King, of Toothill, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He was a solicitor prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters 15th February 1917. He was killed in action, 27th June 1917, aged 32, by German shellfire whilst in the line near Ouderdom, Belgium.

Second Lieutenant Richard Henry King

Second Lieutenant Richard Henry King article
The Mansfield Reporter and Sutton Times 6th July 1917.

Buried: Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Belgium. Plot 2. Row K. Grave 10.

Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Belgium.

Second Lieutenant Richard Henry King is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Peter’s Church War Memorial, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Brunts School War Memorial, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Mansfield Swimming Club War Memorial, (Mansfield Museum), Nottinghamshire.
Nottingham University OTC War Memorial, Nottinghamshire.
Nottinghamshire Law Society War Memorial, (Nottingham Crown Court), Nottingham.