Steedman, Richard Mowbray

Birth Name Steedman, Richard Mowbray
Gender male
Age at Death 37 years, 4 months, 12 days

Notes

Note

(Research):Enlisted in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Sergeant, Royal Corps of Engineers, 54th Field Company. Killed in action.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1878 Monifieth, Angus, Scotland    
Death 13 May 1915 Ypres, Belgium    
  Cause: Killed in first battle of Ypres, WWI
Burial   Post Office Rifles Cemetery, Festubert, Pas de Calais, France    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Steedman, Robertabout 1831before 15 Dec 1898
Mother Smith, Isabellaabout 1846
         Steedman, Richard Mowbray 1878 13 May 1915

Families

Family of Steedman, Richard Mowbray and Gray, Ethel
Married Wife Gray, Ethel ( * about Jan 1884 + about Oct 1960 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage about Apr 1906 Tynemouth, Northumberland    
Note

Richard Mowbray Steedman,Born about 1878 in Monifieth Forfarshire.His father was Robert.Richard was killed in action on 13th May 1915 in France /Flanders.He was buried in The Post Office Rifles cemetery Festaburt.Richard and Ethel were married in Tynemouth in 1906.Muriel ,my mum, was born in 1907.If you were asking about Ethels daughter,also Ethel,she was born in Brompton Kent in 1908.Ethel Gray,herself,was born in 1884.

Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Steedman, Muriel20 Apr 1907about Feb 1991
Steedman, Ethel Violetabout Jan 1909
Steedman, Mary Georgina22 Jun 1911about Sep 1993
Steedman, Gladys Primrose19 Apr 1913about Oct 1989
Steedman, Dorothyabout Jan 1915about Mar 1928
Steedman, Willa B.11 Feb 1919about May 2002