As a Sapper Richards' Regimental Pay per Diem
would have been 1s. 2 1/2d. plus Working Pay per Diem of 1s.
to 4s.
From 1864-1865, Richards worked as partner
with L. F. Bonson
as carpenter and cabinet maker, built St. Mary's Church, Sapperton,
consecrated May 1, 1865.