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Private John Edward Riddell

 

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Private John Edward Riddell, 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Service Nos 41403 (RIF), 1603 (NIH). Born Portrush, County Antrim, on 1 August 1897. Enlisted Ballymoney, County Antrim. Residence Portrush. Son of John and Mary Ann Riddell (nee Stinson) of Dunluce Street, Portrush. Brother of Thomas Hugh, William J, Alfred Scott, James Norman, Jane Eliza, and Laura. Riddell was wounded in the thigh by a machine-gun bullet during the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917. He was killed in action on 3 August 1918, aged 21. Buried at Bertenacre Military Cemetery, Fletre, France, grave I.C.7. His gravestone inscription reads:

41403 PRIVATE

J. E. RIDDELL

ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS

3RD AUGUST 1918 AGE 21

AS I LIVE

YE SHALL LIVE ALSO

 

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Images of Bertenacre Cemetery Copyright © Phillip Tardif with all rights reserved as set out in this Use of Material policy. Image of Private Riddell and some biographical information from Robert Thompson, Portrush Heroes 1914-1918, p.105-06.