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Military service
Service number:
119029
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion
Birth:
February 22, 1885
Death:
June 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
52. 33716.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. A. L. Ridout, of Brixton, London, England, and Mr. W. Y. Ridout.
Digital gallery of Private Walter Albert Ridout
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War Memorial
This is Stockwell War Memorial in London on which Walter Ridout's name is commemorated. -
Inscription
This shows the plaque bearing Walter Ridout's name. He was born in Streatham, London. He joined the Royal Sussex Reg. 8th Reserve Cyclists Bn. on 12th November 1914. He had previously lived in Vancouver B.C. for a number of years. On 25th June 1915, he was discharged and immediately joined the C.E.F. at Southwold in Suffolk. At the time of his enlistment his family was living in the Stockwell area. He was a shoemaker by trade.
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Albert Ridout
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Albert Ridout
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Albert Ridout
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 154 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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NUNHEAD (ALL SAINTS) CEMETERY London, United Kingdom
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