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Gateshead, Durham [6]

South Shields, Durham, England [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Bath, Somerset [3]

Bromley, Kent [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Salisbury South Australia [3]

Sunderland, Durham [3]

Wallsend New South Wales [3]

West Ham, London [3]

Adelong New South Wales [2]

Carcoar, near Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Castlemaine Victoria [2]

Durham, Durham [2]

East Grinstead, Sussex [2]

Finchley, London [2]

Hackney, London [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Westminster, Middlesex [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Alnwick [1]

Annfield Plain, Durham [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Ashdown, Sussex [1]

Askham [1]

Backworth, Northumberland [1]

Beamish, West Stanley, County Durham [1]

Bedlington, Northumberland [1]

Belleville ON [1]

Bena New South Wales [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Benwell, Northumberland [1]

Beverley Western Australia [1]

Birtley, Durham [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Brisbane Western Australia [1]

Bristol England [1]

British Colombia [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Bromley [1]

Broomhill England [1]

Buckhurst Hill, Essex [1]

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England [1]

Cardiff South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [601]

Driver [69]

Gunner [60]

Corporal [59]

Serjeant [44]

Second Lieutenant [38]

Sapper [33]

Lieutenant [31]

Captain [26]

Lance Corporal [22]

Acting Corporal [15]

Bombardier [9]

Worker [7]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Commander [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Barman [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Acting Bombardier [1]

Engineman [1]

Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [97]

Durham Light Infantry [89]

Royal Field Artillery [77]

Labour Corps [72]

Royal Engineers [72]

Army Service Corps [69]

Royal Garrison Artillery [41]

London Regiment [40]

Machine Gun Corps [33]

West Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Border Regiment [23]

Royal Army Medical Corps [22]

Royal Sussex Regiment [22]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

East Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Middlesex Regiment [17]

Rifle Brigade [16]

Royal Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Naval Division [16]

Yorkshire Regiment [16]

The Queen's Regiment [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [13]

Essex Regiment [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

West Riding Regiment [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

York and Lancaster Regiment [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Northumberland Hussars [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Grenadier Guards [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Dragoon Guards [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Service

British Army [966]

Royal Navy [85]

Australian Imperial Force [75]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [63]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [58]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

R [1278]

Contribution

Military Service [1245]

Merchant Navy [26]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

Canada [2]

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Place of birth

Gateshead, Durham [6] South Shields, Durham, England [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Bath, Somerset [3] Bromley, Kent [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Salisbury South Australia [3] Sunderland, Durham [3] Wallsend New South Wales [3] West Ham, London [3] Adelong New South Wales [2] Carcoar, near Bathurst New South Wales [2] Castlemaine Victoria [2] Durham, Durham [2] East Grinstead, Sussex [2] Finchley, London [2] Hackney, London [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Westminster, Middlesex [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Alnwick [1] Annfield Plain, Durham [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Ashdown, Sussex [1] Askham [1] Backworth, Northumberland [1] Beamish, West Stanley, County Durham [1] Bedlington, Northumberland [1] Belleville ON [1] Bena New South Wales [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Benwell, Northumberland [1] Beverley Western Australia [1] Birtley, Durham [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Brisbane Western Australia [1] Bristol England [1] British Colombia [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Bromley [1] Broomhill England [1] Buckhurst Hill, Essex [1] Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England [1] Cardiff South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [601] Driver [69] Gunner [60] Corporal [59] Serjeant [44] Second Lieutenant [38] Sapper [33] Lieutenant [31] Captain [26] Lance Corporal [22] Acting Corporal [15] Bombardier [9] Worker [7] Acting Bombardier [5] Acting Serjeant [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Major [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Commander [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Barman [1] Chauffeur [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Acting Bombardier [1] Engineman [1] Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Fitter Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [97] Durham Light Infantry [89] Royal Field Artillery [77] Labour Corps [72] Royal Engineers [72] Army Service Corps [69] Royal Garrison Artillery [41] London Regiment [40] Machine Gun Corps [33] West Yorkshire Regiment [27] Border Regiment [23] Royal Army Medical Corps [22] Royal Sussex Regiment [22] Royal Fusiliers [19] East Yorkshire Regiment [17] Middlesex Regiment [17] Rifle Brigade [16] Royal Army Service Corps [16] Royal Naval Division [16] Yorkshire Regiment [16] The Queen's Regiment [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [13] Essex Regiment [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Manchester Regiment [11] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Somerset Light Infantry [9] West Riding Regiment [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [8] Cheshire Regiment [8] York and Lancaster Regiment [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Northumberland Hussars [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Canadian Infantry [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] Grenadier Guards [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] Dragoon Guards [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Coldstream Guards [4]

Service

British Army [966] Royal Navy [85] Australian Imperial Force [75] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [63] Canadian Expeditionary Force [58] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

R [1278]

Contribution

Military Service [1245] Merchant Navy [26] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [29] Canada [2]

William Arnold Ridley

Born 1896

Died 1984

British Army 20481 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry 6th Battalion

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Joseph Wilson Ridley

Born 1882

Died 1951

British Army 22535 Private Acting Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry

British Army 22535 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Durham Light Infantry 11th Battalion

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Pattison Reay Ridley

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Army Cyclist Corps Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army 647 Temporary Corporal Army Cyclist Corps Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Army Cyclist Corps attached Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) Northern Cyclist Battalion attached 5th Battalion

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Henry Quentin Ridley

Born 1882

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 48th Australian Infantry Battalion

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George Henry Ridley

Born 1891

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 2186 Private 12th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Simon Ridley

Born 1888

Died 1965

Australian Imperial Force 319

Australian Imperial Force Private 17th Battalion, A Company

Australian Imperial Force 319 Private 17th Infantry Btn

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Charles Noel Ridley

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Hussars

British Army Captain Northumberland Hussars

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Urban Charles Ridley

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 39589 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 5917224 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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John Ridley

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 10811 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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William Frederick Ridley

Born 1887

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 141535

Canadian Expeditionary Force 141535 Private Canadian Infantry

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John J Ridley

Born 1890

Died 1979

British Army Z1781 Private Rifle Brigade

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Herbert Leslie Ridley

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Wilson Ridley

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 19533 Private Border Regiment

British Army 19533 Lance Corporal Border Regiment

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George Ridley

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55420

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Hartley Herbert Ridley

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 712

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Arthur William Ridley

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309269

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William Arthur Ridley

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76347

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Sidney Frank Ridley

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40582

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Ethel Blanche Ridley

Born 1878

Died 1949

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister, Matron Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Bertie Ridley

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 158784 Sapper Royal Engineers

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