See also

Family of Capon Harold Richmond and Elsie May Newnham

Husband: Capon Harold Richmond

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Capon Harold Richmond

  • Name:

  • Capon Harold Richmond2 1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • oil and hardware salesman3

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1888

  • Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England2 4 5 3

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 2)

  • 7 Luton Road, Chatham, Kent, England4

  •  

  • son living in three rooms with his parents Colin and Mary, and sister Ethel. Born in Leeds Yorkshire

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 12)

  • 87 Stainforth Road, Battersea, London, England5

  •  

  • son living with his parents Colin and Mary Ann, sisters Ethel and Lily, and brother Colin. Born in Leeds Yorkshire

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 21)

  • 17 Henry Street, Chatham, Kent, England3

  •  

  • an unmarried brother-in-law as Harold working as a salesman for oil and hardware and living in four rooms with his brother-in-law Charles and his sister Ethel Williams, their son Augustus, and his future wife Elsie Newnham. Born in Leeds Yorkshire

  • Death:

  • 4 Oct 1918 (age 29)

  • Somme, France6

  •  

  • private G/11587 6th Battalion Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)died 4th October 1918 aged 29 when on transfer to (369864) 285th Area Employment Coy. Labour Corps. Son of Colin Richmond of Chatham; husband of Elsie May Richmond of 230 Castle Rd. Chatham

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, France

Wife: Elsie May Newnham

  • Name:

  • Elsie May Newnham7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Henry Joseph Newnham (1863-1912)

  • Mother:

  • Annie Payne (1864-1900)

  • Birth:

  • 16 Nov 1891

  • Strood, Kent, England7 8 3 9 10 11

  •  

  • death index says born 16th November 1892

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 9)

  • 8 Burgess Road, Strood, Kent, England8

  •  

  • a boarder living with widowed Matilda Thorpe and her daughter Eva, and son Herbert. Born in Strood Kent

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 19)

  • 17 Henry Street, Chatham, Kent, England3

  •  

  • an unmarried visitor living in four rooms with Charles and Ethel Williams, their son Augustus, and her future husband Harold Richmond. Born in Strood Kent

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 29 yrs 7 mns)

  • 230 Castle Road, Chatham, Kent, England9

  •  

  • widowed daughter-in-law doing home duties and living in five rooms with her widowed father-in-law Colin Richmond, and her daughters Phylis (sic) and Kathleen. Born in Strood Kent

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 47)

  • 230 Castle Road, Chatham, Kent, England10

  •  

  • widowed doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her son-in-law Norman Clark, and daughter Kathleen. Born on 16th November 1891

  • Death:

  • Q1 1983 (age 91)

  • Gravesend Cemetery, Gravesend, Kent, England11

Child 1: Phyllis Annie Richmond

  • Name:

  • Phyllis Annie Richmond12

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Horace Edward Todd (1905-1984)

  • Birth:

  • 14 Jun 1914

  • Chatham, Kent, England12 9 13 14

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 7)

  • 230 Castle Road, Chatham, Kent, England9

  •  

  • granddaughter attending school and living in five rooms with her widowed grandfather Colin Richmond, her mother Phyllis, and her sister Kathleen. Born in Chatham Kent

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 25)

  • 1 Forge Cottages, Ash, Kent, England13

  •  

  • a married house wife living with her husband Horace, and two closed records. Born on 14th June 1914

  • Death:

  • 6 Apr 2005 (age 90)

  • Kent "Registration District", Kent, England14 15

  • Probate:

  • 26 Jun 2005

  • Probate Registry, Brighton, East Sussex, England15

  •  

  • grant and will, died 6th April 2005

Child 2: Kathleen Elsie Richmond

  • Name:

  • Kathleen Elsie Richmond16

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Norman Dennis Clark (1917-1988)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • telephone operator / telephonist10

  • Birth:

  • 22 Jan 1917

  • Chatham, Kent, England16 9 10

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 4 yrs 6 mns)

  • 230 Castle Road, Chatham, Kent, England9

  •  

  • granddaughter living in five rooms with her widowed grandfather Colin Richmond, her mother Phyllis, and her sister Phylis (sic). Born in Chatham Kent

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 22)

  • 230 Castle Road, Chatham, Kent, England10

  •  

  • a married A.R.P. telephonist living with her widowed mother Elsie Richmond, and her husband Norman. Born on 22nd January 1917

  • Death:

  • Q3 2009 (age 92)

  • Warwickshire "Registration District", Warwickshire, England17

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Medway 1912 quarter:4 volume:2a page:1507. Cit. Date: 17 October 2025.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Leeds 1888 quarter:3 volume:9b page:506. Cit. Date: 18 October 2025.

3.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:3923 class:RG78 piece:149 registration district:47 sub-district:1 enumeration district:39 schedule:288. Cit. Date: 17 October 2025.

4.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:664 folio:86 page:1 schedule:7. Cit. Date: 18 October 2025.

5.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:452 folio:66 page:21 schedule:145. Cit. Date: 18 October 2025.

6.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery XIV.AA.S. Cit. Date: 18 October 2025.

7.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Strood 1891 quarter:4 volume:2a page:539. Cit. Date: 17 October 2025.

8.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:720 folio88: page:33 schedule:185. Cit. Date: 17 October 2025.

9.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:4058 registration district:47 sub-district:1 enumeration district:33 schedule:104. Cit. Date: 18 October 2025.

10.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1691E page:8 line:12 letter code:DHCZ. Cit. Date: 18 May 2025.

11.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Greavesend 1983 quarter:1 volume:16 page:0953. Cit. Date: 18 October 2025.

12.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Medway 1914 quarter:3 volume:2a page:1456. Cit. Date: 18 July 2025.

13.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1812J page:7 line:41 letter code:DJEA. Cit. Date: 18 October 2025.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Kent 2005 quarter:2 district:5641K register:KDK5 entry:57 date:0405. Cit. Date: 18 October 2025.

15.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Brighton 2005 no:1860874. Cit. Date: 18 October 2005.

16.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Medway 1917 quarter:1 volume:2a page:1184. Cit. Date: 18 July 2025.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Warwickshire 2009 quarter:3 district:7761E register:1E001 entry:502122263. Cit. Date: 18 October 2025.