Notes
The Roll lists his address as 31 Glenton Street.
(CWGC records that Private Bertie Ridlington, regimental number 44152, died aged 19 on 2/9/1918 serving in 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment, and is commemorated on Panel 7 of Vis en Artois Memorial in France. They record him as the son of John Charles Ridlington of 31 Glenton Street, Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Bertie was a native of Peterborough who enlisted at Northampton, and that he served in the Bedfordshire Regiment under regimental number 49751 before joining the Essex Regiment. His Medal Index Card solely records his service in the Essex Regiment. Bertie Ridlington's birth was registered in Peterborough in 1899. When he was baptised on 23/7/1899 at St Mary's Church in Peterborough, as the son of John Charles and Mary Elizabeth Ridlington, the family's address was recorded in the Baptism register as Star Road, Peterborough. On the 1901 census Bertie was living with his parents at 60 Star Road. On the 1911 census he was staying with his grandparents John and Sarah Ridlington at 29 Glenton Street, Star Road, while his parents and siblings were living at 31 Glenton Street, Star Road, Peterborough).