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Private JOHN WILLIAM RIDER

Service Number: 38536
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 May 1918

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2

II. C. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Only son of James William and Ruth Rider, of Stanningley, Leeds; husband of Mary Greenwood Rider, of 3, Mill Lane, Broad Lane, Bramley, Leeds. Wounded at Arras, 11th Apl. 1917.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF NATURE'S GENTLEMEN HE DIED AS HE LIVED A MAN.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 462
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