Colonel Wilfrid Stanley Richmond CMG MICE (10 August 1881 – 28 January 1962) was a British civil engineer and surveyor who specialised in road design[1] [2] and was Deputy Director of Roads with the British Expeditionary Force during World War I.[3] He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for his military service during World War I. After World War I he was Divisional Road Engineer at the Ministry of Transport between 1921 and 1945.[1] [4] [5]
Wilfrid Stanley Richmond was born in Sussex on 10 August 1881,[6] [7] the son of John Richmond of Harpenden, Hertfordshire.[1] [4] He was educated at Bedford Modern School and King's College London.[1] [8] [7]
Richmond served with the Royal Engineers during World War I where he was Deputy Director of Roads with the British Expeditionary Force,[9] attained the rank of colonel,[10] was mentioned in despatches twice, made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George and was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour.[1] [4] [11] After the war he was Divisional Road Engineer at the Ministry of Transport between 1921 and 1945.[1] [12] [13]
On 9 March 1909[14] Richmond married Viola, daughter of John Allen of Brondesbury, with whom he had one son.[4] He died on 28 January 1962.[1] [4]