Wilfrid Stanley Richmond

Colonel Wilfrid Stanley Richmond CMG MICE (10 August 1881 – 28 January 1962) was a British civil engineer and surveyor who specialised in road design[1][2] and was Deputy Director of Roads with the British Expeditionary Force during World War I.[3] He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for his military service during World War I. After World War I he was Divisional Road Engineer at the Ministry of Transport between 1921 and 1945.[1][4][5][6]

Biography

Wilfrid Stanley Richmond was born in Sussex on 10 August 1881,[7][8] the son of John Richmond of Harpenden, Hertfordshire.[1][9] He was educated at Bedford Modern School and King's College London.[1][10][8]

Richmond served with the Royal Engineers during World War I where he was Deputy Director of Roads with the British Expeditionary Force,[11] attained the rank of Colonel,[12] was mentioned in despatches twice, made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George and was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour.[1][9][5][13] After the war he was Divisional Road Engineer at the Ministry of Transport between 1921 and 1945.[1][14][15]

On 9 March 1909[16] Richmond married Viola, daughter of John Allen of Brondesbury, with whom he had one son.[9] He died on 28 January 1962.[1][9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Obituary in The Times, 30 January 1962
  2. ↑ "Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers". google.co.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Composition of Headquarters". google.co.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Who Was Who, Published by A & C Black
  5. 1 2 "Who's Who, Men and Women of the Time, 1935". Mocavo. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Who was who". google.co.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  7. ↑ England & Wales, Free BMD Index, 1837-1915
  8. 1 2 UK Civil Engineer Records, 1820-1930
  9. 1 2 3 4 Who Was Who, Published by A & C Black
  10. ↑ War Honours Won By Old Boys, Bedford Modern School. Published by H.W. Robinson, Bedford, 1931
  11. ↑ "MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT (APPOINTMENTS).". millbanksystems.com. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  12. ↑ British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-20
  13. ↑ "Colonel Wilfred Stanley RICHMOND. Royal Engineers.". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Journal of the Institute of Transport". google.co.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "Institution of Civil Engineers 1910". Mocavo. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  16. ↑ London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
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