BORN ISLINGTON, MIDDLESEX 1886. SON OF JOHN ROBERT RIDLINGTON (1854-1892) AND ANNIE AGNES RIDLINGTON (1858-1902). HE WAS RAISED AT ST MARY’S WORKHOUSE, ISLINGTON. JOINED THE ARMY IN 1900, SERVED WITH THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT. A REGULAR SOLDIER AND MUSICIAN IN THE ARMY. HE RE-ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. LEFT FOR GALLIPOLI, ON 14/07/1915. KILLED IN BELGIUM, ON 04/06/1917, AGED 31. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/07/1917. HIS HULL ADDRESS IS UNTRACED? NO PENSION RECORDS. HIS MEDALS WERE NEVER CLAIMED.
HE IS BURIED AT LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY.
NOTE: CENSUS RECORDS STATE HIS FIRST NAME WAS PERCY. HE ENLISTED USING THE FIRST NAME AS PETER.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, ALEXANDER AUGUSTUS RIDLINGTON, 2ND EAST KENT (BUFFS) REGIMENT, WAS A BOER BOER VETERAN, KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/05/1915, AGED 32. HIS WIDOW FLORENCE GEORGINA RIDLINGTON, LIVED AT 10 ANNE STREET, PLUMSTEAD. LONDON.
Ridlington, Peter Evan
First name:
PETER EVAN
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/6705
Rank:
Private
Date Died
04/06/1917
Place died:
La Clytte Military Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
31
