Keith Rydings Posted 2 May , 2017 Share Posted 2 May , 2017 Any information you can give me as to my uncle, would be very much appreciated. Even the smallest detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterhastie Posted 2 May , 2017 Share Posted 2 May , 2017 (edited) Attestation Papers available here Enlisted 17/06/1915. States he was born 12/02/1895 in Lancashire, England. Appears to have been killed during the Battle of the Canal du Nord and the capture of Bourlon Wood, with the 5th CMR, 8th Canadian Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division. War Diary here and an image of his headstone here Edited 2 May , 2017 by Peterhastie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBrook Posted 2 May , 2017 Share Posted 2 May , 2017 His full name on his birth registration was John Edmund Rydings (quarter 1 of 1895 in the Oldham, Lancashire District). In the 1911 England census he was living with his family at 56, Albert Street, off Stanley Road, Hollinwood, (Manchester) Lancashire. He was a cotton mill worker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Inspector Posted 2 May , 2017 Share Posted 2 May , 2017 (edited) Hi Keith There is a public tree on Ancestry with lots of family details and all references to the war service for John and his brother James with whom he travelled to Canada. Also his brother Matthew..service records. Parents and two youngest siblings, Lucy and Norman emigrated to Canada 1911. Father James married twice, elder sister Sarah already there (Sedgwick married name) Regards Barry If you need any help send me a PM. Edited 2 May , 2017 by The Inspector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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