Robert was born in 1897, in Walkington, the son of Robert Richardson Ridsdale (1860-1935) and Mary Haldenby, Market Gardeners of Northgate Walkington; He had a younger brother, John Ridsdale and two older sisters, Doris who married George Davy, and Mary. In 1911 Robert was listed aged 14 years as a farmhand. When war began he was 5 […]
