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Rickard Family - Frank Rickard
« on: Friday 04 January 13 02:09 GMT (UK) »
 :) Frank Rickard b 1895, married to Gladys Emily Gurneym 1921
Marriages Jun 1921 
Gurney  Gladys E  Rickard  Aylesbury  3a [2_]083
Rickard  Frank  Gurney  Aylesbury  3a 2083 

However the War Graves Records say he was Killed
Name Frank RICKARD   
Rank/Number Private   16981
Regiment Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry   2nd Battalion
Enlisted Oxford 
Age/Date of death 21      10 Aug 1916 
How died/Theatre of war died of wounds   France & Flanders
Residence at death Bierton 
Cemetery Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, Somme, France 
Grave or Memorial Reference L.26 
Location of memorial Bierton

My questions are
1. Did he only get wounded and die a number of years later in England?
2. Could Gladys have had a partner and bore a couple of more children, retaining the Rickard name?

Any Help in resolving my Family Tree inconsistencies is greatly appreciated.
Chuck Rickard

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Re: Rickard Family - Frank Rickard
« Reply #1 on: Friday 04 January 13 03:46 GMT (UK) »
Well they didn't actually marry until 1921 so there must have been a minister present at the wedding to verify their details. :)
Could this be the death of the Frank born 1895
Frank Rickard
born - 10 Mar 1895
Dec 1/4  1969
Age at death 74
Registered Aylesbury Buckinghamshire
Vol 6a page 1021

I looked on the CWGC site and there isn't actually an age for F Rickards number 16981 so F may not stand for Frank and he could be any age. Which site gives his age as 21 at death?

Added: - Ah I can see his Medal Index card where everything is written in red with the name F Rickard then -Frank has been written in blue. However there is no age on this record either.

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Re: Rickard Family - Frank Rickard
« Reply #2 on: Friday 04 January 13 04:07 GMT (UK) »
From CWGC
Private F Rickard
Service Number 16981
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry United Kingdom
Date of death 10 August 1916
Grave L26 at Bernafay Wood British Cemetery Montauban

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Re: Rickard Family - Frank Rickard
« Reply #3 on: Friday 04 January 13 04:11 GMT (UK) »
Death of Gladys?
Gladys E Rickard
Age at death 65 born about 1896
Registered Jun 1/4 1961
Registration district -Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Vol 6a page 273


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Re: Rickard Family - Frank Rickard
« Reply #4 on: Friday 04 January 13 14:34 GMT (UK) »
Well this is a strange one. ???

Both Frank Rickard & Gladys Emily Gurney were both born in Wingrave, Bucks, from what I can make out. ;)

I wonder if Frank Rickard's  WW1 death was reported in the newspapers.

There is a Joseph Rickard(son of George & Ellen), on the Wingrave WW1 war memorial, and a Raymond Rickard(son of John & Elizabeth Rickard(nee.Kirby)), on the same.

No other Rickards on the Wingrave memorials. ???

Aylesbury Memorial has a William Rickard(b.1889, Bierton) son of Robert & Ellen,  and a George A Rickard(c1895. Bierton), son of Alfred & Mary.

And, a Frederick James Rickard(son of Robert & Ellen), his wife was Jessie Maud Rickard.  Died at home, 11 July 1920.  Wifes last known address was Water House, Upper Winchenden.   Parents were at 73, Albert Street, Aylesbury.

http://www.buckinghamshireremembers.org.uk/memorials.htm


There is also a medal card for a Frank Rickard - Bucks Yeomanry, Machine Gun Corps.  Service number 2406, 165786.  Private.


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Re: Rickard Family - Frank Rickard
« Reply #5 on: Friday 04 January 13 20:37 GMT (UK) »
Marriages Jun 1/4 1921 
Gladys E Gurney 
Frank  Rickard
Aylesbury 3a 2083

If these are definitely the correct line then the marriage certificate is needed to ascertain Frank's father's name and occupation.  Quite clearly the Frank Rickard who married in 1921 can't be the Frank Rickard killed in 1916. 

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Re: Rickard Family - Frank Rickard
« Reply #6 on: Friday 04 January 13 20:46 GMT (UK) »
There is a Frank Rickard born in Aylesbury in 1878.

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Re: Rickard Family - Frank Rickard
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 05 January 13 19:03 GMT (UK) »

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I want to thank everyone for their help in resolving my questions with respect to Which Frank Rickard married Gladys Emily Gurney.

The Frank Rickard killed in WW1, was the son of William and Thurza Rickard. In trying to sort the Franks out, I came across an interesting Site "Buckinghamshire Remembers"
http://www.buckinghamshireremembers.org.uk/index.htm. It is trying to identifying all war dead from Buckinghamshire.  I see that Steve reference this site as well.

Back to the Franks,in 1872 Frederick Leech married Elizabeth Rickard
Marriages Sep 1872 (>99%)               
Leech   Frederick      Aylesbury   3a   741
RICKARD   Elizabeth      Aylesbury   3a   741

Elizabeth had a child Frederick born before their marriage   
Births Jun 1872 (>99%)               
Rickard   Frederick Le*ch      Aylesbury   3a   548

All Census Records refer to him as Frederick Leech
in 1892 he marries Susan Bryant
Marriages Sep 1892 (>99%)               
BRYANT   Susan      Amersham   3a   991
Rickard   Frederick Leech   Amersham   3a   991

Census records continue to to list them as Leech, however, when registering the births of their
children their Surnames are all Rickard with the middle name of Leech
Births Mar 1898 (>99%)                  
Rickard   Frank Leech   Amersham   3a   713

I believe this is the Frank Rickard who married Gladys Emily Gurney in 1921 Final proof  will take a copy of their marriage certificate.

Once again thanks to everyone for their clues and assistance. :)

Chuck

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Re: Rickard Family - Frank Rickard
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 31 January 13 20:25 GMT (UK) »
Sorry to butt in but do you know if the Rickard family in Bucks have any connection with the Rickard families in Cornwall?
My paternal 2nd grt grandfather from Aston Abbotts, maried a Jane Rickard from Dorchester whose father came from Withiel Cornwall. Cornwall and Bucks seem to be Rickard hotspots.
Stevens, Pye  East London