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Recovered 12.06.23 from www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/447882/edward-henry-ridges/
PRIVATE EDWARD HENRY RIDGES
Service Number: 6925
Hampshire Regiment 1st Bn.
Date of Death 19 December 1914
Age 36 years old
Buried LANCASHIRE COTTAGE CEMETERY I. D. 18. Belgium
on of Charles Ridges, of Wroxall Isle of Wight; husband of Mrs. A. M. Ridges, of 5, Sydney Terrace, Ventnor, Isle of Wight.
Recovered 12.06.23 from http://legacy.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/iwmm/iwmm_results_2p.php?Seq=13638
Newspaper entry : RIDGES - Killed in action, Dec 19th, Private Edward Henry Ridges, 1st Hants Regiment, the beloved husband of Maud Ridges, Sydney-terrace, Ventnor, and eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ridges, of Wroxall.
Newspaper Source : IW County Press, 16 January 1915
Father : Charles Ridges
Mother(Maiden name shown) : Emma Smith
Birth Place : Wroxall, Isle of Wight
Birth Date : 1878
Spouse : Alice Maud Drudge
Marriage Place : Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, High Street, Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Marriage Date : 22 Aug 1909
Death Place : Belgium
Death Date 19 Dec 1914
Buried: Lancashire Cottage Cemetery Hainault, Belgium I. D. 18.
Census 1881 : 2, Bank Cottages, Newchurch, Isle of Wight
Census 1891 : Clevelands Shute, Wroxall, Isle of Wight
Census 1901 : St John's Road, Wroxall, Isle of Wight
Census 1911 : 5 Sydney Terrace, Ventnor, Isle of Wight