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Air Mechanic 3Rd Class WILLIAM ERNEST RIDGEWELL

Service Number: 92283
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

Date of Death

Died 31 December 1917

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

F. 180.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Sarah Ann Ridgewell, of Brandon Cottages, Marks Gate, Collier Row, Romford.
  • Personal Inscription SO FAR FROM OUR LAND HE LIES YET SO CLOSE TO OUT HEARTS AND HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 3066
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