a Soldier of the Border Regiment / Remembered with Honour
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Military
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| Rank | Captain / October 1916 Lieutenant / 2 February 1915 |
| Company | A Company / October 1916 [1] |
| Battalion | 6th Border Regiment [2] / 11 October 1915 |
| Theatre(s) of War | France and Flanders Gallipoli / 11 October 1915 [2][3] |
| Battles | Battle of Messines / June 1917 [4] Battle of the Lys / April 1918 |
| Decorations | Military Cross [2][5] Citation reads: For conspicuous gallantry in action. He displayed great courage and determination when in charge of a covering party, continually repelling superior numbers of the enemy until the working party which he was covering was withdrawn.[6] |
| Mention in Dispatches | Gazetted / 25 September 1916 [7] |
Personal
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| Full Name | Douglas Farish Ridley |
| Born | 11 February 1893 [8]/ Martindale, Westmorland |
| Education | Nelson School / Wigton, Cumberland |
| Nationality | English |
Remembrance
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| Casualty Type | Survived the War |
| Died | 6 October 1940 / Buckhurst Hill, Essex, England [8] |
| Age | 47 Years |
| Cause of Death | Traffic accident whilst on duty with 6th Essex Battalion of the Home Guard [9] |
| Resting Place | Martindale (St. Peter's) Churchyard Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| Coordinates |  Latitude: 54.56451 / Longitude: -2.87403
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Media
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| Websites | Captain Douglas F. Ridley, M.C. (1893 – 1940) |
Biography
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| We do not have any biographical information about this soldier. This is a dedicated remembrance page for Douglas Farish Ridley, a soldier of The Border Regiment (inc. being attached or transferred) during The Great War. Please consider helping this project by contacting us with any useful information OR feel free to include any relevant information here yourself by clicking on "Edit" above. | |
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References and notes
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| The information in our Rolls of Honour have been compiled using two primary sources: HMSO's Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database. These have been used for consistency to ensure that any transcriptions are as accurate as possible, with the exception of discrepancies between the two sources and typos that occur from time to time. Additional sources, where used, have been referenced separately below. For soldiers that survived the war, their details do not contain the memorial scroll and are not listed in the Rolls of Honour. However, each individual has his own remembrance page to be remembered with honour.
For the Lonsdale Battalion Roll of Honour a secondary and carefully researched source, The Lonsdale War Grave Project, has been used to fill in some gaps with information not available in the aforementioned sources. Permission has been kindly granted by the owner for use here. For further information about the fields used above see Notes and definitions for soldier remembrance pages. | |
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