Ridsdale Charles Ernest Corporal 4453667 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Ridsdale Charles Ernest
|Army number=4453667
|Rank=Corporal.
|Decorations=None yet known beyond service medals.
|Date of birth=Not yet known for certain but thought to have been born 26/9/1909 in Barnard Castle.
|Age=Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not yet known. Posted to ? 6th Battalion DLI. Posted to 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served B.E.F.? Served Iceland? Transferred to the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 17/6/1942 and posted to the 30th Battalion.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known but probably 1/9/1939.
|Promotions=No details yet.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Subject to confirmation, but thought to have died in July 1996 at Redcar.
|Home address=Father - Charles - appeared to have been a stonemason in Barnard Castle. Mother - Mabel. Possible marriages identified but not certain which information is applicable to Corporal Ridsdale.
}}

Family information on Cpl Ridsdale would be most welcome - please contact the Lead Researcher - details on Home Page.

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 |Date of birth=Not yet confirmed but thought to have been born 26/9/1909 in Barnard Castle.
 |Age=Not yet confirmed but thought to have been 86 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not yet known.  Posted to ? 6th Battalion DLI.  Posted to 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland?  Transferred to the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 17/6/1942 and posted to the 30th Battalion.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not yet known.  Posted to ? 6th Battalion DLI.  Posted to 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland?  Transferred to the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 17/6/1942 and posted to the 30th Battalion.  Transferred to the Royal Corps of Signals 7/7/1942 - Daily Orders 99/42.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.

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 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not yet known.  Posted to ? 6th Battalion DLI.  Posted to 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland?  Transferred to the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 17/6/1942 and posted to the 30th Battalion.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
-|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.
-|Task or role=Not yet known but possibly rifle Section Commander.
+|Task or role=Not yet known but possibly Rifle Section Commander.
 |Joined Brigade=Not yet known but probably 1/9/1939.
 |Promotions=No details yet.
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 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Subject to confirmation, but thought to have died in July 1996 at Redcar.
-|Home address=Father - Charles - was a stonemason in Barnard Castle and subsequently ran a well-known building company in the area.   Mother - Mabel.  Prents lived at Kirk View, Barnard Castle.  Charles Ernest worked as a Railway Signalman.  Charles Ernest was mentioned as an Executor of his father's Will, following the granting of Probate on 27/9/1957.  The marriage of Charles Ernest to Hilda M Waters is reported in the Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough of 7/10/1939.  The report stated that Charles Ernest was currently serving with the DLI, had been a bell-ringer at the Parish Church in Barnard Castle, while his wife had been the organist at Woodlands Parish Church for some years.
+|Home address=Father - Charles - was a stonemason in Barnard Castle and subsequently ran a well-known building company in the area.   Mother - Mabel.  Parents lived at Kirk View, Barnard Castle.  Charles Ernest worked as a Railway Signalman.  Charles Ernest was mentioned as an Executor of his father's Will, following the granting of Probate on 27/9/1957.  The marriage of Charles Ernest to Hilda M Waters is reported in the Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough of 7/10/1939.  The report stated that Charles Ernest was currently serving with the DLI, and had been a bell-ringer at the Parish Church in Barnard Castle, while his wife had been the organist at Woodlands Parish Church for some years.
 }}