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Pte. Harold Ridley
British Army 8th Btn. Border Regiment
from:3 Cross View, Highgate, Kendal, Westmorland
(d.15th Jul 1916)
Harold Ridley served with the 8th Battalion, Border Regiment He died on 15th of July 1916, aged 22. His parents Joseph Ridley and Margaret Alice Ridley lived at 3 Cross View, Highgate, Kendal. He had joined up at Kendal, Westmorland on 6th of September 1914, one of the Kendal Pals. His declared was age 21yrs and 1 month and he enlisted for duration of the war. He was unmarried with no children His height was 5' 9 and 3/4" weight 120lbs (8st 2lb) Chest 34 and 1/2", chest expansion 2" He was declared fit for army service on the 16th of September 1914, He had a fresh complexion, dark blue eyes, dark brown hair.
Harold went to France on the 26th of September 1915 and was granted 8 days leave from 25th of May 1916. He was listed as missing on the 13th of July 1916 and declared Killed in Action on the 15th. Harold is Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial and he is remembered on The Somervells Employees War Memorial at Kendal.
Harold was born in 1893 in, Kendal and Christened 1st Oct 1893.
Surviving siblings: born 1891 John W C Ridley (army service in India), born 1897 Jane Ridley, born 1900 Joseph Ridley and born 1903 Elizabeth Ridley. On the 1911 England Census the family lived at 3 Cross View Yard, Highgate, Kendal, Westmorland house of 5 rooms. Joseph Ridley, Head of House, Boot Finisher, age 44 (born in Kendal, son of Thomas Ridley and Elizabeth Ridley, nee Carradus). Margaret Alice Ridley (nee Dixon, married 1890), wife, 7 children (all born in Kendal, 4 still alive), age 42 (born in Kendal). John William Ridley, Iron Moulder at Foundry, single, age 20. Harold Ridley, Boot Finisher, single, age 17. Jane Ridley, Boot Fitter, age 14 and Elizabeth Ridley, scholar, age 7.
Pte. John Ridley
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Ryton
(d.10th April 1918)
John Ridley is buried at Ryton
Private Robert R Ridley
British Army 14th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Burnhope
(d.21st December 1915)
Pte. T. Ridley
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte William Ridley
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:1927, South Seventh St., Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A.
(d.27th March 1918)
Ridley, William, Private, 51480, Killed in action on 27th March 1918. Aged 25 years.
Remembered on the Pozieres Memorial panel 16 to 18.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Ridley, of 1927, South Seventh St., Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A.
From the Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
L/Bmbdr. William Charles Victor "Vic" Ridley
British Army Northumbrian (North Riding) Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Crowborough, East Sussex
(d.17th September 1918)
RSM. Arthur Frederick Ridout
British Army 19th (County of London) Btn. London Regiment
from:136 Links Road, Tooting Junction, London
(d.15th Sep 1916)
Arthur Ridout was my great-great-grandmother's son by her second marriage. He was very close to his half brothers and sisters being from a farming family in Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset. In 1911, he married Ella who was a great friend of Arthur's sister Minnie Ridout, who was also courting a soldier (a friend of her brother Arthur) and was engaged to be married to him. He enlisted on 5th September 1914 at Camden Town. On 9th March 1915 he was sent to France with the 1st Battalion. He landed in France with one stripe and gained promotions through merit, being promoted to Sergeant in Loos and then to CSM of D Company. He was very well liked from all accounts. He became RSM in May 1916. He died in battle on 15th September 1916 at High Wood, Longueval, Somme, France. He is buried at the London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval and commemorated on the Mitcham War Memorial and also at Shillingstone, Dorset War Memorial.
His sister Minnie Ridout also lost her fiancƩ during the First World War and she never married.
RSM. Arthur Frederick Ridout
British Army 19th (County of London) Btn. London Regiment
from:136 Links Road, Tooting Junction, London
(d.15th Sep 1916)
Arthur Ridout was born in 1883 in Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset, the second child of three of Frederick and Elizabeth Ridout (formerly Trent, nee Ross). His mother had lost her first husband and carried on farming the family farm. Arthur had two sisters, the elder dying in infancy and his younger sister Mary Minnie, known as Min throughout her life. He had 6 half-brothers and -sisters. By 1901, Arthur was living with his eldest half brother, John Ross Trent, and his wife in Mitcham, Surrey. His occupation was railway clerk. He met his future wife, Ella Jessie Arthur, and they married in 1911 in Tonbridge Kent. His sisterm Min stayed in touch with her brother and became good friends of his wife Ella who was a very good pianist. As a result of her meeting with Arthur and Ella, she met a friend of Arthur's and he became the love of her life. He too served in the First World War but none of the family remembers his name, and unfortunately he was killed. Min hadn't been able to marry her betrothed, and she led a very sad life with very little money. Arthur joined up on 5th September 1914, naming his wife Ella, his half-brother John Trent, and his sister Minnie as relatives.
From research, he went out to France with the 1st Battalion, London Regiment on 9th March 1915 and at the time of his death was acting RSM. He had one stripe when the Battalion landed in France and became a sergeant when the Battalion went to Loos and he came through unwounded. Shortly afterwards, he was promoted to CSM of D Company. When RSM King left to take up a Commission, Arthur was promoted to RSM in about May 1916. He was a very popular figure, and his influence and example brought his NCOs to a high standard of efficiency. During a relief of Vimy Ridge when shelling was severe, Arthur refused to leave until the last man had left the trenches. The only way back was across the Souchez Valley, but they had only just arrived when the Germans shelled them, with shrapnel falling like rain. Arthur and three others ended up in a trench, exhausted. Arthur met his death on 15th September 1916 after a couple of days hidden in the Happy Valley. The Battalion marched off to High Wood and one of the soldiers remembers acting upon impulse and shook the hands of some of the men including Arthur. He says he was glad he did because he never saw Ridout again. Arthur met his death by an unlucky shell at High Wood.
He was apparently "sincerely missed, he had endeared himself to all and such was the affection felt for him and that I have often seen tears in the eyes of a comrade when speaking of him." ā€“ JWW (Memories, the Journal of the 19th London Regiment OCA. No 2,Vol2, Summer 1922).
Arthur is remembered at the London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval and on the Shillingstone, Dorset, War Memorial - his mother Elizabeth was living there in 1922. Shillingstone is a village near Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset.
I have a picture of a soldier who I think is Arthur but no one can confirm it now. If anyone has further information, please let me know.
Rflmn. Hedley Ridout
British Army 12th (The Rangers) Btn. London Regiment
from:Sydenham, London
Hedley Ridout was my maternal grandfather. Sadly, he had died before I was born. I remember my mum telling me that he had been gassed during the war and as a result completely lost his sense of smell. Would love to know more if there's anyone who has a story.
L/Cpl. Daniel Rigby
British Army 1st Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
from:Willow St. Oswestry, Salop
(d.17th Oct 1916)
Pte Henry Hamilton Rigby
British Army 165th Company Machine Gun Corps
from:Bootle, Liverpool
(d.20th September 1917)
Pte. Joseph Rigby
British Army 2/4th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment
from:New Barn Farm, Ashton-in-Makerfield
Joseph Rigby served in France from Jan 1916 to Jan 1919, he had enlisted on the 17th of November1915. A farmer and potato dealer before and after his service.
Pte. Robert Rigby
British Army 9th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
from:Salford
(d.15th May 1916)
Pte. Thomas H.B. Rigby
British Army 10th Btn. South Wales Borderers
(d.22nd Nov 1917)
Thomas H.B. Rigby was executed for desertion 22/11/1917 age 21 and buried in Cite BonJean, Armentieres, France.
Pte. Frederick James Rigden
British Army 5th Btn. East Kent Regiment
Frederick Rigden joined the Buffs in December 1915 and was sent to Mesopotamia in August 1916 to be part of the Indian Expeditionary Force. He was invalided out with Splenic Anemia upon arrival in Basra, Iraq, most likely having contracted in illness en route in India. Due to this illness, he was declared unfit for service and medically discharged in November 1917.
Pte. George James Rigden
British Army 9th Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:Faversham, Kent
(d.5th July 1918)
Sgt. Tyson Rigg MM.
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. William Rigg
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
(d.9th Sep 1918)
William Rigg is burried in Pieta Millitary Cemetery Malta
Sgt. Frederick Charles Riggs VC, MM.
British Army 6th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Bournemouth
(d.1st October 1918)
Frederick Riggs was killed in action 1st October 1918, aged 29 and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial in France. He was the adopted Son of Elizabeth Burgum, of 39, Capstone Rd., Bournemouth
An extract form The London Gazette, dated 3rd Jan., 1919, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery and self-sacrifice on the morning of 1st Oct., 1918, near Epinoy, when, having led his platoon through strong uncut wire under severe fire, he continued straight on, and although losing heavily from flanking fire, succeeded in reaching his objective, where he rushed and captured a machine gun. He later handled two captured guns with great effect, and caused the surrender of fifty enemy. Subsequently, when the enemy again advanced in force, Serjt. Riggs cheerfully encouraged his men to resist, and whilst exhorting his men to fight on to the last, this very gallant soldier was killed."
Pte. Henry John Riggs
British Army 4th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment
(d.15th June 1918)
Pte Joseph Reginald Riggs
British Army 8th Battalion East Surrey Regiment
from:Bognor Regis, West Sussex
Joseph Reginald Riggs is my paternal grandfather. He died in 1972. Joseph served in WW1 as a soldier in France. My dad says Joseph never spoke of his time in France. It must have been a terrible time for them all.
In WW2 Joseph served as part of the local Home Guard. He was very proud of this role. I was 12 when my granddad died and I can remember him very clearly. He was a quiet, wiry man with piercing blue eyes. He loved his garden and grew many vegetables.
CSM. Clement Ayres Rilett
British Army C Coy. 9th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment
from:Grantham
(d.14th Jul 1916)
Clement Rilett died at the Battle of the Somme. His body was not recovered and his name is on the Thiepval Memorial.
VAD. Riley
Voluntary Aid Detachment No. 46 Stationary Hospital
Pte. A. B. Riley
British Army 2nd Battalion, D Coy London Regiment
(d.7th Nov 1915)
Pte A B Riley served with D Coy, 2nd Battalion, London Regiment.
Pte. Arthur Riley
British Army 9th Btn. East Lancashire Reg
from:10 Branch St., Nelson Lancs
(d.25th Jan 1918)
Arthur Riley was born in Nelson, Lancashire the son of Hannah Riley (nee Marsden) and James Riley on the 8th Jan 1889. He was a weaver and married Sarah Brown on the 13th March 1909. He joined the East Lancs Reg in 1916 and was posted to Salonika. Wounded in 1917, he died of his wounds in 1918 and is buried in Sarigol Military Cemetry Kriston. He was 29.
Sgt. C. Riley
British Army 9th Btn., B Coy. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
CSM. Charles Horace Riley
British Army 1st Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
My grandfather, Charles Riley was a Company Sergeant Major in the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. He fought in several of the battles of WW1. He volunteered in August 1914 when he was 23 years old.
Dvr. Ernest Riley
British Army 66th Small Arms Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery
from:Burnley, Lancashire
(d.22nd Sep 1916)
Ernest Riley died of Malaria on 22nd September 1916, aged 23. He is buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. He was the son of William and Susan Louisa Riley, of 311, Briercliffe Rd., Burnley, Lancashire.
Drvr. Ernest Riley
British Army 66th Small Arms Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery
from:Burnley, Lancashire
(d.22nd Sep 1916)
Ernest Riley died of malaria on the 22nd of September 1916, aged 23 and is buried in the Karasouli Military Cemetery in Greece. He was the son of William and Susan Louisa Riley of 311 Briercliffe Rd., Burnley, Lancashire.
Pte. F. Riley
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
F Riley was discharged in 1916 sick. He did not serve overseas
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