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Military service
Service number:
160314
Age:
43
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
82nd Bn.
Birth:
July 12, 1872
Death:
June 21, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
P. 414.
Additional information
Son of Walter and Mary Ridley, of Acomb, Hexham, Northumberland, England; husband of Mrs. Ridley, of 1215, 15th Avenue West, Calgary, Alberta.
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The Calgary Daily Herald June 24, 1916 Pte. Ridley was a real estate agent in Calgary; he died of a internal hemorrhage. -
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The Calgary Herald June 24, 1916 -
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The Calgary Herald June 24, 1916 -
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The Calgary Herald June 24, 1916 -
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The Calgary Herald June 24, 1916 -
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Calgary Daily Herald June 24, 1916 -
Grave Marker
Walter at Shorncliffe, June 2021
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Private Walter Ridley
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Ridley
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Ridley
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Ridley
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Ridley
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Ridley
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Ridley
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Ridley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 154 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SHORNCLIFFE MILITARY CEMETERY Kent, United Kingdom
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