LCpl Frederick Ralph Ryder 1 Cambs Regt d.4/6/15

[Will O'Brien]

As per CWGC

Name: RYDER

Initials: F R

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Lance Corporal

Regiment: Cambridgeshire Regiment

Unit Text: 1st Bn.

Date of Death: 04/06/1915

Service No: 2074

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: III. A. 19.

Cemetery: HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

[Will O'Brien]

& the cemetery information

Cemetery: HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Country: France

Locality: Nord

Location Information: The village of Houplines is 2 kilometres east of the centre of Armentieres on the D945. The Communal Cemetery Extension is located on this road to the north-west side of the Communal Cemetery.

Historical Information: Houplines was in Allied hands (but near the front line) from 17 October 1914, when it was taken by the 4th Division. It fell into German hands in April 1918 during their great advance, but was recovered in September. The village contained four Commonwealth cemeteries in addition to plots in the communal cemetery, but the graves were regrouped after the war and only two cemeteries remain. Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension was begun, as "Houplines New Military Cemetery" in October 1914 and used until January, 1916, mainly by the 4th and 6th Divisions. It was enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in from other burial grounds and from the battlefields round Armentieres. The extension contains 535 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 68 burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to four casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Another special memorial records the name of a soldier buried in Houplines Old Military Cemetery whose grave was destroyed by shell fire. The cemetery also contains one Second World War burial.

No. of Identified Casualties: 466

[Will O'Brien]

Frederick Ryder's online MIC index entry can be seen here

[cliff brown]

Some info from my Cambs Rgt reserach....

Frederick Ralph Ryder, (B coy) No 2074, lived Tenison Ave, Cambridge. b & e Cambridge. volunteered for Imperial Service. To front 14-2-15, A coy, No 2 platoon, wounded Mach 1915. L/Cpl, KiA 4-6-15, age 19, shot by sniper while working on trenches.

Buried Houplines Comm Cem, France. Also listed Cambridge All Saints memorial.

Pictures: Cambridge Chronicle 6-8-15 + Chronicle & Cambridge Independent Press 18-6-15.

[Will O'Brien]

Some info from my Cambs Rgt reserach....

Frederick Ralph Ryder, (B coy) No 2074, lived Tenison Ave, Cambridge. b & e Cambridge. volunteered for Imperial Service. To front 14-2-15, A coy, No 2 platoon, wounded Mach 1915. L/Cpl, KiA 4-6-15, age 19, shot by sniper while working on trenches.

Buried Houplines Comm Cem, France. Also listed Cambridge All Saints memorial.

Pictures: Cambridge Chronicle 6-8-15 + Chronicle & Cambridge Independent Press 18-6-15.

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Nice bit of extra info Cliff