What Happened to Richmond’s Returned Servicemen After the War Was Supposed to Be Over?
Updated: Aug 30
The armistice ended the fighting and servicemen returned to communities such as Richmond. Public language focused on victory, relief and homecoming.
Returning home did not erase injuries, interrupted careers, changed family circumstances or the longer consequences of war service.
What did that mean inside the Richmond community? How did the club encounter men whose football lives had been interrupted or ended?
How should Richmond remember service if the story stops at departure and homecoming rather than following what happened in the decades after?
What happens when the rest of the evidence is added — and what would Richmond need to prove next?
Not a member yet?
RTSSG.com: Richmond News By Richmond People For Richmond People!
Comments