In the October to December 1882 birth index Richard Charles E. Homer, Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire, volume 6a, page 430.

Parish Records St. Peter, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Baptism May 13 1883 Richard Charles Homer, parents Richard and Mary Homer, residence Waterloo Street, father is a rind? catcher, ceremony by A. Hoskins

In the 1891 census Wellington, Hereford
Head Richard Homer, married, age 34, farmer, neither employed nor employer, born Sedgley, Gloucestershire [Should be Worcestershire]
Wife Mary Homer, married, age 28, born Cannington, Gloucestershire
Son Richard C. Homer, age 8, scholar, born Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Daughter Elizabeth J. Homer, age 5, scholar, born Evesham, Worcestershire
Son Reginald Homer, age 1, born Wellington, Herefordshire

In the 1901 census The Row, Wellington, Herefordshire
Head Richard Homer, married, age 46, living on own means, born Sedgley, Staffordshire [should be Worcestershire]
Wife Emma M Homer, married, age 39, born Bristol, Gloucestershire
Son Richard Homer, single, age 19, born Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Daughter Elizabeth Homer, single, age 16, born Evesham, Worcestershire
Son Arthur Homer, age 10, born Wellington Herefordshire
Daughter Katie Homer, age 8, born Weston Beggard, Herefordshire
Daughter Julia Homer, age 6, born Weston Beggard, Herefordshire

UK Calendar of Prisons 1902
Richard Charles Homer, bailed at police court May 24 1902, twice summarily convicted of trespassing for Game, age 18, labourer
Committing Magistrate Lt. General Sir Richard Hopton, KCB, His Honour Judge Ingham, Hereford
Date of Warrant May 24 1902
Received into Custody May 20th 1902 on remand, surrendered in Court July 11, 1902
Particulars On May 18 1902, at Wellington, did feloniously and burglariously break and enter the dwelling-house of James Whitman and steal therein one canvas bag and 3 shillings and four pence halfpenny, the goods, chattels, and monies of Eva Elizabeth Whitman. 2nd count - receiving
Tried July 11 1902 by Mr. Justice Wright
Not Guilty, discharged

In the 1911 census His Majesty’s Prison, Hereford Commercial Road, Hereford
Inmate (Prisoner) Richard Charles Homer, age 26, single, farm labourer - farmer, worker, born Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

UK WWI Pension Records
Richard Charles Homer, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, Number 4634, later 27862, Private
Address The Marsh, Wellington, Hereford
Farm labourer
Not married
Attested December 7, 1915, Hereford
Approved March 25, 1916, Hereford
Next of Kin Mrs Mary Rose Homer, mother, The Marsh, Wellington, Hereford
Military History Sheet
Home December 9 1915 to September 30 1916
France October 1 1916 to November 27 1916
Home November 28 1916 to February 8 1917
France February 9 1917 to December 12 1917
Home December 13 1917 to April 1 1918
Transferred to Border Regiment October 11 1916
Wound Thigh November 18 1916
Wound Left Leg April 15 1917
Wound Right Arm December 2 1917
Discharged as being no longer physically fit for war service April 1 1918
Discharged age 35, 4 months, fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair, farm labourer, intended residence The Marsh, Wellington near Hereford
Gun shot wounds thigh, left leg and right arm
Eligible to wear 3 gold stripes

UK WWI Medal Rolls
Richard Charles Homer, No 27862, Private, 11th Border Regiment
British War Medal and Victory Medal

1939 England and Wales Register
The Cottage, Bridge Lane, Hereford rural district, Herefordshire
1. Kate P. Bethel, born April 11 1893, widow, factory worker stencilling
2. Jean M. [corrected to Mary J.] Bethel [later Foster], born April 6 1923, single, children’s nurse
3. Record closed
4. Record closed
5. Richard C. Homer, born November 1 1882, single, casual labourer
[Kate Bethel is Richard Homer’s widowed sister.]

In the July to September 1954 death index Richard C. E. Homer, died age 71, Hereford district, Herefordshire, volume 9a, page 10