| Surname: |
Ridgewell |
| Initials/Name: |
Frank |
| Country of Service: |
UK |
| Rank: |
Private |
| Regiment: |
Lincolnshire Regiment |
| Unit: |
2nd/5th Battalion |
| Service No: |
41385 |
| Age: |
19 |
| Date of Death |
15/09/1916 |
| How died: |
Killed in Action |
| Awards: |
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| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Memorial |
| Country: |
Belgium |
| Grave Reference: |
Panel 35 to 37 |
| Local Memorials: |
Stock |
| Address: |
Son of William & Alice Ridgewell of Stock Rectory Cottage |
| CWGC Page: |
Ridgewell Frank |
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(should this link fail, search the
CWGC site) |
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Below from John Westwood |
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Frank was a
private in the 2nd/5th Batt Lincolnshire Regt, he was killed 26/09/1917 aged 19
on the Ypres Salient. He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial
Up to
25/09/1917 fought in the Battle of Menin Road From 26/09/1917 involved in the
Battle of Polygon Wood |
He was the
son of Frank and Alice Ridgewell of Stock Rectory Cottage. His Dad was 42 a
groom and domestic gardener and was originally from Purleigh and his mum was 45
and had been born in Stock according to the 1901 Census.
Frank had three
sisters and 1 brother Frederick, Edith 6 Laura 8 and Mary 12 (at the time of
the 1901 Census). Frank was the youngest of the family. |
| Updated 22.09.2024 |