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Stanley Joseph Ridley

In memory of:

Sergeant Stanley Joseph Ridley

October 30, 1917
Meetcheele Ridge, Belgium

Military Service


Service Number:

1065

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)

Citation(s):

1914-15 Star, British War Medal

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information


Born:

November 29, 1893
Tunbridge Wells, England

Enlistment:

August 25, 1914
Ottawa, Ontario

Grandson of Mrs. E. Ridley, of East Grinstead, Sussex, England.

Commemorated on Page 316 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

XXXIII. F. 8.

Location:

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY is located 10 Km north east of Ieper town centre on the Brugseweg (N313), a road connecting Ieper to Brugge. Two streets connect Ieper town centre onto the Brugseweg; Torhoutstraat leads from the market square onto the Kalfvaartstraat. At the end of Kalfvaartstraat is a large junction on which Brugseweg is the first right hand turning. The cemetery itself lies 10 Km along the Brugseweg on the right hand side of the road after passing through the village of Poelcapelle (now Poelkapelle).

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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