| Notes: | CMP. Formerly General Service Corps. London Gazette 37103, page 2779, 1/6/45. General List. The undermentioned are granted an immediate emergency commission from the ranks in the rank of 2/Lt. 17/3/45 14628605 CSM James William Ewart Richardson (346780) from CMP. He was murdered with another Provost Officer Lt Masters on the Outram Road, Lucknow by a deserter Sapper Hart, Royal Engineers. Info from London Police Pensioner issue 60, page 4 March 1991. Inscription on gravestone: Ours is memory, thought and love God be with you till we meet again. Formerly served in the Derbyshire Police. No Casualty List found.
James William Ewart Richardson.
Extract from the Derby Daily Telegraph, 31/5/46. SHOT BY UNKNOWN PERSON. CHADDESDEN MAJOR KILLED IN INDIA.
Major James William Ewart Richardson (32) of 84, Buxton road, Chaddesden, a former detective sergeant on the headquarters staff of Derbyshire County Police has been killed in India, where he was serving with the Army. A War Office cable reached his wife yesterday, informing her that he had been "shot by an unknown person." No further information about the circumstances of his death was given. Major Richardson was the son of Superintendent J Richardson of the Ilkeston Police Division. At the time of his death he held the appointment of Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal in the Corps of Military Police and was serving with the Special Investigation Branch. CRIME DETECTION. His headquarters were at new Delhi and his duties consisted of coordinating the detection of crime among military personnel over a large district. Major Richardson was educated at Ashby-de-la-Zouch Grammar School and Nottingham University College. He joined the Derbyshire Constabulary in 1934 and served in many parts of the county. he was at one time attached to the motor patrol section and later joined the CID, where he quickly showed promise and received promotion. During the first four years of the war he was engaged in special wartime civil security duties and crime detection. Major Richardson volunteered for the RAF in 943 but was rejected for flying duties on account of bad eyesight and his subsequently transferred to the Army. He has been in India for more than two years. (article has small photograph of Maj Richardson).
Extract from the Ripley and Heanor News and Ilkeston Division Free Press 14/6/1946.
FORMER DERBYS POLICE OFFICER SHOT IN INDIA.
Major James William Ewart Richardson of Chaddesden, Derby, son of Supt. S Richardson of Ilkeston, has according to the War Office been shot by an unknown person in India.
He was a Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal on the staff of the Corps of Military Police with his headquarters in New Delhi.
He joined the Derbyshire Constabulary in 1934 and was well-known in Ripley and Alfreton districts. At one time he served with the motor patrol section, later joining the CID and holding the rank of detective sergeant.
He had been in India for two years and was expecting to return home shortly. |
