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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
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.
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