Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest. 1919.
Family Search: When Private Robert Richards was born on 20 February 1881, in Wolverhampton St Mary, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Richards, was 30 and his mother, Sarah Ann Weston, was 29. He lived in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 35, his occupation is listed as brass dresser in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. He died on 27 November 1947, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 66, and was buried in Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 