Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Grave: | Les Baraques Military Cemetery Sangatte | IV.D.4 | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.133 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 2B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | 1914-15 Star British War Medal Victory Medal | ||
Family :
Son of Edwin and Mary Louisa Ridley. Marine Engineer in the pre-war period.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Royal Engineers |
| Action : Natural Causes |
Natural causes is attributed those deaths due to causes that were not directly associated with the war. Included in this are wartime deaths resulting from, for example, theSpanish Influenza pandemic and its associated pneumonia problems and other attributions such as age and exhaustion. It also groups those who through Post Traumatic Stress committed suicide as a result of their experiences.
Detail :
2nd Lieutenant Alfred Edwin Ridley, Royal Engineers. Formerly 109837, who was promoted all the way to Warrant Officer Class I (Mech Sergeant-major), by 1916.
Attested for service at London on the 30th July 1915 as a Sapper and following training and a posting with the Royal Engineer Railway Troops Inland Water Transport Section he embarked to France on the 21st December 1915. He was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant, 4th March 1918.
He died of "blood poisoning" on the 25th July 1918.
For his service hie was awarded the 1915 Star (as a Sergeant) and the British War and Victory medals.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Grenadiers No. 66 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
26th January 1911 | 23rd February 1911 | 23rd March 1911 |
Senior Deacon. Resident at 18 Station Road, West Finchley in 1911 at the time of his initiation. Contribution record shows "Died 1918".
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley