Lord Richard Wellesley
Memorial: Old Sodbury - St John the Baptist Church
Regiment: Grenadier Guards
Medals: 1914 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Captain
Parents: Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington KG and Kathleen Emily Bulkeley Williams
Marital status: Married
Home address: 3 Chester Street, Belgrave Square, London and Lyegrove House, Badminton
Date of birth: 1879
Date of death: 29/10/1914
Buried/Commemorated at: Hooge Crater Cemetery (Ref XVI. B. 11.), West Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age: 35
Further information:
Lord Richard Wellesley was the son of the 4th Duke of Wellington, Arthur Charles Wellesley and Kathleen Emily Bulkeley Williams. He married Lady Louise Fitzgerald, daughter of Sir Maurice Fitzgerald, 20th Knight of Kerry and 2nd Baronet of Valencia, of Mount Hill, Tadworth, Surrey. They lived at 3 Chester Street, Belgrave Square, London and Lyegrove House, Badminton
Lord Richard Wellesley was a Captain in 3 Company, 1st Battalion, Grenandier Guards. He was mentioned in dispatches. He died on the 29th October 1914 and is buried at the Hooge Crater Cemetery (Ref XVI. B. 11.) in West Vlaanderen in Belgium
Lord Richard Wellesley is mentioned on both the Old Sodbury, St John's Church memorial and the Chipping Sodbury and District Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Old Sodbury
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre, Forces War Records and CWGC