BORN HULL 1894. SECOND SON OF HORACE RYDER & ELIZABETH ANN BINKS OF THIS ADDRESS & 103 VICTOR STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCKSIDE LABOURER. BROTHER TO HARRY AND DORIS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR EARLES SHIP YARD. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AND SERVED IN TANZANIA, WITH HULL’ ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. DIED OF MALARIA IN EAST AFRICA, ON 19/12/1915, AGED 23. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 24TH JANUARY 1917 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HIS BROTHER HARRY SERVED IN THE 8TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS AND WAS KILLED A WEEK EARLIER IN FRANCE, ON THE 12/12/1915, AGED 24. HE IS BURIED AT RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D’ARMENTIERES.
THEIR DEATH’S ARE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 7TH FEBRUARY 1917 WITH THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS. *
First name:
ARTHUR
Military Number:
141
Rank:
Bombardier
Date Died
19/12/1916
Place died:
Dar Es Salaam British And Indian Memorial, Tanzania, East Africa
Age:
23
