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Pte. Benjamin Wilfred Ridgway
British Army 15th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Salford, Lancashire
(d.30th July 1916)
My Great-Grandad Benjamin Ridgway volunteered in November 1914, and in the same month proceeded to France. There he took part in the battles of Ypres (I and II), Neuve Chapelle, St. Eloi, Loos, and was struck by lightening on the Somme front in June 1916. Recovering from his injuries, he was in action in the Somme offensive and fell fighting a month afterwards.
According to the National Roll of the Great War (3/265): He was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory medals.
"Courage, bright hopes and a myriad dreams, splendidly given"
His name is recorded on the Dud Corner British Cemetery near Loos, Pas-de-Calais, France.