Dunn, Richard. | Universities at War

Personal details

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - image kindly provided by www.forces-war-records.co.uk

Name on Memorial:

Dunn, Richard.

Forename(s):

Richard

Surname:

Dunn

Date of Death:

Saturday, July 1, 1916

Age at Death:

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Service Number:

18115

Rank:

Sergeant

Service:

Army

Unit:

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 11th Battalion

Prisoner of War:

Military Training:

Officers’ Training Corps, Armstrong College

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

Richard was born in Cramlington, Northumberland. He was educated at Bothal School in Ashington, then Armstrong College between 1911 - 1915. Richard died in France on 1st July 1916 aged 23.

Addresses before and during the war

5 Railway Row, Cramlington (place of residence as entered in the 1901 Census)

56 Shankhouse Row, Shankhouse, Cramlington (place of residence as entered in the 1911 Census)

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Richard is buried in the Mill Road Cemetery in Somme, France.

Memorials

Other Memorials:

Richard is also commemorated on a plaque in Bothal School in Ashington.

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, Armstrong College Calendars, The Northerner Student Magazine)

North East War Memorials Project

Researched by:

Sophie Anderton, Ian Johnson, Amy Shiel, Sam Wagner, Alan Callender