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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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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]

Reginald Walter Ridley

Born 1894

Died 1958

Australian Imperial Force 5822

Australian Imperial Force 5822 Private 1st Pioneer Battalion, 15th Reinforcement

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Joseph Ridley

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130163

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Harry Hayward Ridley

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26950

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Henry James Ridley

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126736

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John Thomas Ridley

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125857

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Vernon Samuel Ridley

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43255

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Thomas William Ridley

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96056

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John Cornelius Ridley

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 7262 Private London Regiment

British Army 533878 Private London Regiment

British Army 533878 Private London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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Lancelot Edwin Ridley

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2173 Lance Serjeant Inns of Court

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Thomas Ridley

Died 1916

British Army 15331 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1st Btn

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Gerald Ridley

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 4613 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 50292 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Pattison Reay Ridley

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant

British Army 6539 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Reginald George Ridley

Died 1918

British Army 35332 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Ridley

Born 1894

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 195

Australian Imperial Force 195 Private 35th Battalion, A Company and 56th Battalion

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Claude Alward Ridley

Born 1896

Died 1942

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 03036 Wing Commander Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) France 7th August 1915

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers Taken prisoner of war (very briefly!) and escaped

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Julius Caesar Ridley

Born 1896

Died 1968

British Army 41989 Private Royal North Lancashire Regiment

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James Daniel Ridley

Born 1890

Died 1941

Australian Imperial Force 2864

Australian Imperial Force 2864 Private 2nd Battalion, 9th Reinforcement

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George Wilson Ridley

Born 1900

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force 67693 Private New South Wales Reinforcement 26

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Ernest Ridley

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 35548 Private Manchester Regiment

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George Ridley

Born 1862

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401078

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