In Memory Of

RICHARDS, HUBERT HENRY LYSTER

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 5th Bn.
Regiment:
 Connaught Rangers
Date of Death:
 1915-12-07
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Kosterina, Serbia
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 DOIRAN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Greece
Additional Information
Son of Sir Henry Richards, K.B.E., K.C., formerly Chief Justice of High Court, North-West Province, India, and Lady Richards. Educated Marlborough College from 1906-1909. In 1912, he attended the University of Edinburgh to study medicine. Whilst at University he was a member of the Officer Training Corps. On the outbreak of war Hubert attested for the army at Southampton on the 4th August 1914 and enlisted as a Private in the 9th Hampshire Regiment. On the 28th December 1914 he was granted a commission in the 5th Connaught Rangers. Commemoration stone in Pinetown (St. John's) Cemetery, Kwazulu Natal