Source: War Diary.
Brother to Ernest Onias Hibbert Emmerton.
Family Search: When Major Richard Emmerton was born on 12 May 1877, in Bruce, Ontario, Canada, his father, Alfred Israel Emmerton, was 28 and his mother, Charlotte Hibbert, was 19. He married Elizabeth Ann Davidson on 31 December 1901, in Huron Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Bruce Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada in 1881 and Huron Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada in 1891. He died on 10 April 1953, in London, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Kincardine Cemetery, Kincardine, Bruce, Ontario, Canada.
Major R. Emmerton, recently commander of a company in the 18th Battalion, and invalided to Canada because of rheumatism contracted in the trenches, reached London in Saturday and reported to district headquarters for instructional duty. He is now spending a few days leave at his home in Kincardine. It is understood Major Emmerton will be assistant instructor in musketry for the district.
Indexed by Kate Ford.
This soldier figures prominently in the 18th Battalion War Diaries not least of which is the number of times he is in and out of hospital as the War Diary progresses. As such will be updating this soldier page as new information comes to light.
He survived the war and continued to serve in the 32nd Bruce Regiment. Below are some images from the Bruce County Military Museum site.
Windsor, Ontario, Canada · Tuesday, December 21, 1920
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 