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I don't know how to do this, but if someone who does reads this in the future, I would recommend moving the page to Frank Richards, which is how he is generally known (including in the ODNB). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.1.128.102 (talk) 09:54, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
What has been written appears to have been taken from various places, and with no verification against source documents.
He enlisted in April 1901, and had signed up for twelve years service, of which the original breakout was seven years with the Colours as a full-time soldier, and the remaining five years with the Army Reserve. When Service Pay was introduced in Spring 1904, the soldiers were incentivised to agree to these terms, and to serve an extra year with the Colours, which clearly happened in his case. On page 195 of "Old Soldier Sahib", he refers to the introduction of service pay, and returning to study for a certificate of education, in order to qualify for a higher pay rate.
If you bother to read the book, he was, by definition, obliged to serve in the Army Reserve until April 1912. It is simply not possible that he 'he extended his reserve service for a further four years until 1912'. Richards clearly states, on page 309 of "Old Soldier Sahib"
'In 1912 I extended my service for a further four years on the Reserve'
The lazy manner in which the article has been written implies he was in a bar when war was declared. It is implied this was the Boer War, but it was in fact the First World War, and this is how "Old Soldiers Never Die" starts. Keith H99 (talk) 13:39, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]