
Censuses
1911 Census (Oakley, Ref 76)
Name Richard Claridge
Address: Oxford Road, Oakley
Building Cottage
Age: 53
Born 1858, Brill, Bucks
Status Married
Occupation Army Pensioner (Allotment Farmer)
Other people on census
Wife: Rose Claridge (age 46, Married 26 years, 9 children born alive, 7 children living, 2 children died, born Windsor, Berks)
Sons: Richard Claridge (age 20, Single, Labourer on Farm / Student Part Time, born Lambeth Surrey)
Herbert Claridge (age 16, Single, Apprentice Wheelwright / Student Part Time, born Lambeth, Surrey)
Sidney Claridge (age 14, Labourer on Farm / Student Part Time, born Lambeth Surrey)
Frank Claridge (age 9, at School, born Brill, Bucks)
Daughters: Sophia Claridge (age 11, at School, born Brill, Bucks)
Violet Claridge (age 6, at School, born Brill, Bucks)
1901 Census (Brill, ref 46)
Address: Little London, Brill, Bucks
People on census
Father (Head): Richard Claridge
Age 43
Born 1858, Brill, Bucks
Status Married
Occupation Army Pensioner
Other people on census
Wife: Rose Claridge (age 36, Married, born Windsor, Berks)
Sons: Thomas Claridge (age 10, born Lambeth, London)
Herbert Claridge (age 6, born Lambeth, London)
Sidney Claridge (age 4, born Lambeth, London)
Daughters: Rose Claridge (age 12, born St Martins-in-the Field, London)
Sophia Claridge (age 1, born Brill, Bucks)
Mother Susanna Claridge (age 58, born Quainton, Bucks)
1891 Census (Lambeth, ref 66)
Address: 132 Upper Kensington Lane, Lambeth
People on census
Father (Head): Richard Claridge
Age 33
Born 1858, Oakley, Bucks
Status Married
Occupation Sergeant, East Surrey Regiment
Other people on census
Wife: Rose Claridge (age 26, Married, born Windsor, Berks)
Son: Richard T.W. Claridge (age 3 years 10 months, born Lambeth, London)
Daughter: Rose A. Claridge (age 2, born St Martins-in-the Field, London)
Sophia Claridge (age 1, born Brill, Bucks)
Mother Susanna Claridge (age 58, born Quainton, Bucks)
1881 Census (Hythe St Leonard, ref 66)
Address: School of Musketry
People on census
Richard Claridge
Age 23
Born 1868, Brill, Bucks
Status Unmarried
Occupation Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
1861 Census (Brill, ref 139
Address: Little London, Brill Bucks
Name: Richard Claridge
Relationship Son
Age 3 (born 1858)
Born Little London, Brill Bucks
Other people on census
Father (Head): Thomas Claridge
Age 50
Born 1811, Oakley, Bucks
Status Married
Occupation Agricultural Labourer
Mother: Susana Claridge (age 35, married, born Quainton, Bucks)
Sisters: Mary Claridge (age 11, lace maker, born Oakley, Bucks)
Elizabeth Claridge (age 9, invalid, born Oakley, Bucks)
Sophia Claridge (age 6, Scholar, born Oakley, Bucks)
Cousin: Elizabeth E (age 10, invalid, born Oakley, Bucks)
1851 Census (Oakley, ref 9)
Address: Ixhill Cottage
Name: William Claridge
Relationship Father (Head)
Occupation Farm Labourer
Age 40 (1811, born Oakley, Bucks)
Born Little London, Brill Bucks
Other people on census
Wife: Susan Claridge (age 25, married, born Quainton, Bucks)
Brother: Leonard Franklin (age 5, born Aylesbury, Bucks)
Sisters: Mary Claridge (age 1, born Oakley, Bucks)
Sergeant Richard A CLARIDGE
Known as Richard A Claridge
Born: c. 1858 Brill, Bucks
Baptised: 4th April 1858 Oakley Church
Married Married Jul-Sep 1884, Windsor, Berks
Died: 19th January 1917
Cause of Death Died at Home
Age at death 59
Buried Botley Cemetery, Oxford
Family
Wife Rose Claridge, nee Giles (born Apr-Jun 1865 Windsor, Berks)
Father: Thomas Claridge (born 1810 Oakley Bucks, bapt. 30 September 1810, 1851 at Ixhill Cottages; buried 27th July 1876, Oakley Church, age 65)
Mother: Susannah Claridge nee Franklin (born 1st Aug 1825, Quainton, Bucks; buried 5th March 1902, Oakley Church age 76)
Brothers (1) Thomas Claridge (born, Oakley; bapt. 6th October 1867)
Sisters (4) Mary Claridge (born Oakley; bapt. 6th January 1850, Oakley Church)
Elizabeth Claridge (born Oakley; bapt. 30th May 1852, Oakley Church)
Sophia Claridge (born Oakley, bapt., 25th March 1855, Oakley Church)
Sarah Anne (born Oakley; bapt. 6th July 1862, Oakley Church)
Children (9) Rose Claridge (born 1889, St Martins in the Field, London; buried 1st June 1916, Oakley Church age 26)
Thomas Claridge (born 1891, Lambeth, Surrey)
Richard Claridge (born 1891, Lambeth, Surrey)
Herbert Claridge (born 1895, Lambeth, Surrey)
Sidney Claridge (born 1897, Lambeth, Surrey)
Sophia Claridge (born 1900, Brill, Bucks)
Frank Claridge (born 1902, Brill, Bucks)
Violet Claridge (born 1905, Brill Bucks)
Paternal Grandfather: William Claridge (born Jan 1781, Oakley, Bucks)
Paternal Grandmother: Martha (born 1786, Banbury, Oxon)
Maternal Grandfather: John Franklin (born 10 September 1797, Quainton, Bucks)
Maternal Grandmother: Elizabeth Franklin

Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919
First Name: Richard
Surname: Claridge
Birth Town: Brill, Oxon
Resided Town: Wolvercote, Oxon
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 19/01/1917
Fate: Died at Home
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: 21777
Information Husband of Rose Claridge, of 4 Kingston Road, Oxford
Duty Location:
Regiment Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Battalion Depot
Enlistment Place Thame

Medals
To be verified
Memorials/notes etc.
Oakley War Memorial.
Oxford (Botley) Cemetery (I1. 74.)
Waddesdon Deanery Magazine, Feb 1917 – died

Military background
Coldstream Guards
Enlisted 1873
Age 17
Regimental number 3343
Source Citation The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents; Series: WO 97; Piece Number: 2499
East Surrey Regiment
Age 40
Discharge date 24 March 1898
Pension Admission of Examination Date 29 Mar 1898
Rank Colour Sergeant
Regimental number 3224
Source Citation Royal Hospital Chelsea: Length of Service Pensions, Admission Books; Class: WO 117; Piece Number: 52
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

OXFORD (BOTLEY) CEMETERY
During the First World War, the 3rd Southern General Hospital (an Oxfordshire Territorial Unit) was housed in the Examination Schools and a number of other buildings in Oxford. Oxford (Botley) Cemetery contains 156 burials from the First World War, all in the war graves plot in section I/1
