Name
Frederick James Riddell
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
13/08/1915
39
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Bedfordshire Regiment
"D" Company, 9th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HELLES MEMORIAL
Panel 54 and 218.
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
UK & Other Memorials
Letchworth Town Memorial
Pre War
Born Aston Manor, Warwickshire, son of Frederick George and Charlotte Riddell; husband of Clara Elizabeth Riddell, of 38, Ramsden Rd., Balham, London. Gallipoli. Rifle Club. Special constable (sub leader). 1911 Census records him as a resident in Catord, London. The lived at 19 Baldock Road, Letchworth
Wartime Service
Essex Regiment in Boer War. Served in the South African Campaign as Serjt. with North Somerset 2452 Imperial Yeomanry. Drowned when HMT Royal Edward was torpedoed near Mudros. 935 lives lost when it sank in 6 mins.
Acknowledgments
Dan Hill, Janet Capstick, Jonty Wild
