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{{Personnel
|id=1330
|Surname and forenames=Renforth William Ridley
|Army number=4456375
|Rank=Pte
|Age=0
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS 1/2/40
|Prisoner of War=20A, 6657
|Home address=38, Leopold St. Gateshead
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Surname and forenames=Renforth William Ridley
 |Army number=4456375
-|Rank=Pte
+|Rank=Private.
 |Age=67, at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, Territorial Army, no enlistment date, but probably Spring 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted to 12th Battalion DLI on 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the  Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in France.  Taken Prisoner of War - probably 20/5/1940.  Repatriated.  Posted ? Bn Black Watch.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 1/12/45 as unfit for further service.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, Territorial Army, no definite enlistment date known, but probably Spring 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted to 12th Battalion DLI on 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the  Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in France.  Taken Prisoner of War - 20/5/1940.  Repatriated to the UK.  Posted ? Bn Black Watch.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 1/12/45 as unfit for further service.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag 20A, PoW Number 6657.
 |Home address=Father - Walter Renforth (1890 - 1939), Mother - Mrs Walter Renforth of 38, Leopold St. Gateshead.  Worked as a Coal Miner (Hewer).  Married Ellen May Druett (1914 - 1951) December 1940, Brentford, Essex.
 |Decorations=None known, other than Service Awards.
 |Date of birth=11/8/1919.
-|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
+|Company/Battery=HQ Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
 |Task or role=Not yet known.

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 |Died/Killed in action=Died October 1976, Gateshead.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}
 Private Renforth's brother - Walter - who also served with 12th DLI - was Killed in Action with the 9th Battalion DLI on 30th May 1940 and is buried in France.

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 |Army number=4456375
 |Rank=Pte
-|Age=0
+|Age=67, at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, Posted ? Bn Black Watch, Discharged KRs 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 1/12/45.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, Territorial Army, no enlistment date, but probably Spring 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted to 12th Battalion DLI on 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the  Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in France.  Taken Prisoner of War - probably 20/5/1940.  Repatriated.  Posted ? Bn Black Watch.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 1/12/45 as unfit for further service.
-|Prisoner of War=20A, 6657
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag 20A, PoW Number 6657.
-|Home address=38, Leopold St. Gateshead
+|Home address=Father - Walter Renforth (1890 - 1939), Mother - Mrs Walter Renforth of 38, Leopold St. Gateshead.  Worked as a Coal Miner (Hewer).  Married Ellen May Druett (1914 - 1951) December 1940, Brentford, Essex.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}