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Second Lieutenant STEWART GORDON RIDLEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

17th Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 18 June 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

H. 121.

Egypt

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly 12th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas William and Emily Gordon Ridley, of Willimoteswick, Redcar.
  • Personal Inscription BE CONTENT NO HONOUR OF AGE HAD BEEN MORE EXCELLENT
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Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2411
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