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Private JOHN RIDGWAY

Service Number: 39953
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 November 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

VI. B. 46.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Isabella Ridgway, of 54, St. Oswald's Grove, Rochdale Rd., Manchester. Native of Harpurhey, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription THE SUPREME SACRIFICE HIMSELF FOR US
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Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1763
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