No.R/7649, Rifleman , Eustace Bernard RIDLEY
Aged 23
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Born in 1892 (3rd qtr Bury St.Edmunds 4a:755) son of Henry and Mary Louisa RIDLEY (née BULBICK)
1901 census...Aged 9 he was at 38 St.Andrews Street South, Bury St.Edmunds with his father Henry RIDLEY [48] leather seller; his mother Mary L [45] born Bow, London; brothers Walford H [16] general store assistant and Morrison O.[6]; sisters Emma F [14], Kathleen M [13] and Myra F [10]. All except his mother were born in Bury St.Edmunds. 1911 census...Aged 18, an apprentice ironmonger, he was at 45 Fornham Road, Bury St.Edmunds with his parents; sisters Emma Florence and Myra Frances; brother Morrison Charles (apprentice engineer.) |
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He enlisted in Letchworth when resident in Coventry He died at No.1 South African General Hospital. No service record found, so no way of saying where and when he was wounded.
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