Eric Richmond was born on the 13th February 1921, in Ossett, the second child of Harry Richmond and his wife Mary (nee Bowers) who married in Uttoxeter, Staffs in the summer of 1915. Eric had an elder sister Joyce who was born in 1916 and another sister, Jessie who was born in late 1924. In 1940, at the age of 19 Eric Richmond volunteered to join the R.A.F. He completed his flight training in South Africa, Eric was awarded his "wings" and was stationed at the RAF Waltham near Grimsby, in Lincolnshire. When the war ended, Eric finally returned home where he opened Richmonds Butchers in Ossett in September 1945. He married Beryl Holl in summer 1944 and a son, Robin Eric Richmond, was born in 1946. A second son, Michael Richmond was born in 1948. Richmond's Butchers is one of the best-known shops in Ossett. In 2010, the £600,000 per annum turnover business also has a store in Barnsley Road, Sandal, near Wakefield, which was opened by Eric Richmond's youngest son Michael in February 2000. Robin Richmond ran the Dale Street, Ossett factory until 2014 when the business was sold. Eric Richmond died on the 2nd November 2013 in Wakefield, aged 92 years.