Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Holderness
Town
Withernsea
County
Humberside
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
35475

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Current location

Withernsea Cemetery
B1362
Withernsea
Holderness
Humberside
England

OS Grid Ref: TA 32541 27667
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
PLAIN FLAT STONE WITH KERBS
Inscription
LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR HUSBAND/ JOHN HENRY RIDSDILL/ KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ ON H.M.S. STYMON/ OCTOBER 27TH 1917/ AGED 50 YEARS/ (VERSE)/ SARAH HIS WIFE D. 3RD MARCH 1952 AGED 82/ ALSO BELOVED SON/ WILLIAM HENRY RIDSDILL/ IOF THE ST EGRET/ WHO WAS KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION IN THE NORTH SEA/ JUNE 1ST 1919 AGED 27 YEARS/ ALSO/ ROBERT RIDSDILL/ OCTOBER 30TH 1954 AGED 55 YEARS
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ridsdill, John Henry
Ridsdill, William Henry
See details for all 2 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Reference
  • YORKSHIRE HEROES VOL I A JOURNEY FROM HULL TO WITHERNSEA AROUND HORNSEA AND BACK TO HULL AGAIN by MANN, MALCOLM K 170 Source: Image Library NIWM

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