Arthur Herbert Lindsay Richardson (23/09/1872 – 15/12/1932) was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at Wolvespruit, about 15 miles north of Standerton, Transvaal, South Africa, on 5 July 1990.
The Citation, recorded in the London Gazette of Issue: 27229 Page: 5688, reads:
“Lord Strathcona’s Corps
Sergeant Arthur Herbert Lindsey Richardson
On the 5th July, 1900, at Wolve Spruit, about 15 miles north of Standerton, a party of Lord Strathcona’s Corps, only 38 in number, came into contact, and was engaged at close quarters, with a force of 80 of the enemy.
When the order to retire had been given, Sergeant Richardson rode back under a very heavy cross-fire and picked up a trooper whose horse had been shot and who was wounded in two places and rode with him out of fire.
At the time when this act of gallantry was performed, Sergeant Richardson was within 300 yards of the enemy, and was himself riding a wounded horse.”
He is buried in St James Cemetery, Liverpool, and the headstone is erected on the patch of lawn between the cemetery entrance and Liverpool Anglican Cathedral
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