 He delivered the Ford Lectures in English History at Oxford University in 1943 (for the academic year 1943/4).He never published a formal treatise on naval strategy.In March 1942 Richmond published an article in "The Fortnightly Review" which charged that the British defeat in the Battle of Singapore in February 1942 was due to "the folly of not providing adequately for the command of the sea in a two-ocean war".