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Private FRANK GILLANCE RIDSDALE

Service Number: 35983
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2nd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 March 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2, HEBUTERNE

IV. B. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Annie Ridsdale, of Staxton; husband of Margaret Lawson (formerly Ridsdale), of Staxton, Ganton, Scarborough.
  • Personal Inscription MEMORIES CLING WITH MANY A SILENT THOUGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2, HEBUTERNE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1356
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