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Private WILLIAM RIDDELL

Service Number: 12467
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Scots Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1916

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

I. G. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Elizabeth Buchanan Riddell, of 14, Mearns St., Greenock.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON DEAR SON GOD THOUGHT IT BEST TO TAKE THEE TO THY HEAVENLY REST
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Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1395
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