Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Walter Reynell, of
Reynella, South Australia, Vineyard Proprietor, by his wife, Emily,
dau. of William Bakewell, of Shirley, Payneham, South Australia, and
gdson. of John Reynell, of co. Devon (in male descent from Sir Richard
Reynell, temp. Henry II.), who settled in South Australia in 1838,
and planted the first vineyard in that State, and great nephew of
Sir Thomas Reynell, K.C.B. (who served through the Peninsula and at
Waterloo); _b._ Reynella, near Adelaide, 16 Sept. 1883; educ.
St. Peter’s College, Adelaide, and on leaving there joined his father
in the management of the vineyard. He joined the 16th Australian
Light Horse as a Private, and after passing through the various
non-commissioned ranks was gazetted Lieut. to the 7th Light Horse. Two
years later he qualified for the rank of Capt., and was posted to the
22nd Light Horse. The same year he was promoted Major, and when the
European War broke out he immediately volunteered for Imperial service.
He went to Egypt as second in command of the 9th Light Horse, and on
the death of Lieut.-Col. Miell succeeded to the command. He was killed
in action at Anzac, 28 Aug. 1915. He had led three charges, within
the space of two hours, against the Turks, and it was on the occasion
of the fourth charge, while encouraging his men, that he fell, shot
through the heart by a bullet. General Russell, writing to General
Hughes, said: “Had I had any idea that he would have taken charge of
the assault himself I would not have let him go. Anyway, we have lost
as fine an officer as ever came from Australia. It is the luck of
war, I know, but it is very hard luck when it means losing a man like
Reynell;” and the latter, in a letter to Mrs. Reynell, wrote: “His
regiment was temporarily detached, and sent over to Gen. Cox to do some
special work. Gen. Cox is in command of the Indian Forces, and he told
off one of the 9th Regt. Squadrons to take an important trench and,
as they always do, they did their work magnificently. But it is now
evident that your fine husband was too keen--if such is possible--and
instead of leaving the work to the Capt. of the squadron, he went out
himself. Gen. Cox and none of his Staff knew of this or they would have
certainly stopped him.” General Birdwood, commanding the Australian
Expeditionary Force, also wrote to a relative: “Col. Reynell turned out
a first-class soldier. I had hoped so much from his command, for I knew
how much he would have looked after his regt., and how well they would
all have followed him. Such indeed proved to be the case during his
very brief command. I am sure you know how deeply I do sympathise with
you about this, more especially as I had seen a good deal of Reynell
since he came here, and had taken such a fancy to him, for I at once
recognised in him a really good, straight, fearless soldier. I think
that perhaps almost anyone but him would have been content with the
trenches already taken, and would not have decided to go on further
to turn the enemy out of another position, as he did, and we can
only admire his fearless courage and example in leading his men on in
spite of everything.” Col. Reynell was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s
despatch of 26 Aug. to 22 Sept. 1915 [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915]. He
was a fine horseman and a prominent polo player, and for three years
was Master of the Adelaide Hounds. He _m._ at Hahndorf, South
Australia, 6 May, 1910, May Mabel, dau. of Douglas John Byard, M.A.,
and had two children: Richard, _b._ 19 Jan. 1912; and Lydia,
_b._ 9 Feb. 1911.
[Illustration: =Carew Reynell.=]
=REYNOLDS, EMANUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3251), 302684,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=REYNOLDS, FRANK=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, M. 1404, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=REYNOLDS, HENRY CLENDON COLLIS=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn.
Wiltshire Regt., only _s._ of Thomas Collis Reynolds, of 92,
Cambridge Gardens, North Kensington, W.; _b._ London, 1883; educ.
Linton House School and Bradfield College; joined the Wiltshire Regt.,
and became Capt. 19 May, 1906; served in the South African War, 1901
(Queen’s medal), later going with his Regt. to St. Helena, to guard the
Boer prisoners; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug.
1914; took part in the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action
during the Battle of the Aisne, 20 Sept. 1914; _unm._ Buried at
Vailly. Capt. Reynolds had King George V.’s Coronation medal.
[Illustration: =Henry C. C. Reynolds.=]
=REYNOLDS, HERBERT JOSEPH=, L.-Corpl. No. 595, 5th Battn. King’s
Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Edward Lee Reynolds, of 66,
Milman Road, Walton, Liverpool, by his wife, Sarah Elizabeth, 2nd
dau. of Edward Davis, of Holywell; _b._ Tranmere, 5 July, 1890;
educ. Arnot Street Council School, Liverpool; was Manager of the
Star Engineering Works, Southport; joined the Territorials in 1908;
volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 17
July following; _unm._ He was buried in an orchard farm, south of
Givenchy.
[Illustration: =Herbert Joseph Reynolds.=]
=REYNOLDS, JOSEPH=, Petty Officer, Ch. 164729, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=REYNOLDS, LOUIS VICTOR=, Ordinary Telegraphist, J. 14432, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=RICARD, FRANK=, M.A., LL.B., Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple,
2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., eldest _s._
of Charles Ricard, of 97, Westbourne Terrace, London, W.; _b._
Amsterdam, 8 Jan. 1888; educ. Harrow, and King’s College, Cambridge,
where he graduated M.A. Jan. 1913, LL.B., Nov. 1912, and was called to
the Bar, Inner Temple, April, 1913; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th (Special
Reserve) Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., 24 Oct. 1914, and posted to
the 1st Battn. 15 March, 1915; went to France 6 March, 1915, and was
killed in action near St. Julien, during the Second Battle of Ypres,
25 April, 1915; _unm._ He was a fine linguist, and exceptionally
musical, being an excellent violin player.
[Illustration: =Frank Ricard.=]
=RICHARDS, HUGH LIDDON=, Lieut., 14th (South Otago) Regt., New
Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the Ven. Isaac Richards,
Archdeacon of Invercargill, and Vicar of St. John’s there, Graduate
of Exeter College, Oxford, by his wife, Gertrude, dau. of Robert (and
Emma) Oxland; _b._ Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand, 14 July, 1891;
educ. Lawrence High School, Otago, New Zealand; joined the New Zealand
Field Artillery, 1909; gazetted Lieut., 14th Infantry Regt. (N.Z.T.F.),
25 March, 1912; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of
war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt 16 Oct. following; took part in the
repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb., and was in the
landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915; and was killed in action
on Pope’s Hill 4 May following; _unm._ Buried in Beach Cemetery,
Anzac Cove, Gallipoli. An elder brother, Lieut. R. Richards, died of
wounds on 23 May (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Hugh Liddon Richards.=]
=RICHARDS, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, 304400, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RICHARDS, ROBERT=, Lieut., Field Artillery Brigade, New Zealand
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the Ven. Isaac Richards, Archdeacon
of Invercargill, and Vicar of St. John’s there, Graduate of Exeter
College, Oxford (see under Lieut. H. L. Richards); _b._ Remuera,
Auckland, New Zealand, 20 July, 1886; educ. Christ’s College,
Christchurch, New Zealand, and the Merchant Venturers’ College,
Bristol; joined the Warwickshire Territorial Artillery Brigade, 1907;
gazetted Lieut., New Zealand Field Artillery Brigade, 7 June, 1912;
volunteered with it for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914; left for Egypt 16 Oct. following, took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles 25 April, and died in hospital at Alexandria, 23 May, 1915,
of wounds received in action at Cape Helles, Gallipoli; _unm._
Buried in Chatby Military Cemetery, Alexandria.
[Illustration: =Robert Richards.=]
=RICHARDSON, GEORGE=, Private, No. 1426, 3rd Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers, _s._ of William Richardson, of Monkwearmouth, Master
Mariner (lost at sea), by his wife, Harriet, dau. of William Healia;
_b._ Monkwearmouth, 30 May, 1875; educ. Colliery Schools
there; was employed at Hylton Colliery; enlisted, 1 Jan. 1915, and
was killed in action “somewhere” in France, 29 March, 1916. He
_m._ at Sunderland, 30 Aug. 1902, Sarah Jane (5, Varna Street,
Southwick-on-Wear), 1st dau. of Joseph Gray, of Sunderland, and had
five children: Thomas, _b._ 22 May, 1906; George, _b._ 10
Dec. 1910; Joseph, _b._ 22 Feb. 1914; Catherine, _b._ 8 May,
1904; and Gladys, _b._ 25 Jan. 1916.
[Illustration: =George Richardson.=]
=RICHARDSON, HENRY CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 13853, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RICHARDSON, HERBERT JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3881), 184244,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=RICHARDSON, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10904, 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Richardson, of the Banks,
Dunchurch; _b._ co. Warwick; served with the Expeditionary Force
in France and Flanders; died at Bethune, 11 Feb. 1915, of wounds
received in action at Cuinchy the same day. Buried Bethune Town
Cemetery.
=RICHARDSON, JOHN THEODORE=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, M. 2837, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=RICHARDSON, RUSSELL=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 25607, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=RICHARDSON, WALTER FAIRFAX=, Capt., 2nd Battn. East Lancashire
Regt., _s._ of Major-Gen. John Soame Richardson, C.B. (who
commanded the Australian Contingent in the Sudan Campaign); _b._
Sydney, New South Wales, 17 Sept. 1873; educ. there; gazetted 2nd
Lieut., East Lancashire Regt., from the Local Military Forces, N.S.W.,
2 June, 1894; promoted Lieut. 19 Nov. 1897, and Capt. 21 Nov. 1901; was
Adjutant of his Regt. from 23 Dec. 1904 to 22 Dec. 1907; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Rouge
Bancs, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Rouge Croix.
[Illustration: =Walter F. Richardson.=]
=RICHARDSON, WILLIAM=, E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), No. 9651,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RICHARDSON, WILLIAM JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 69), 173718,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RICHES, ROBERT JAMES=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 173426, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=RICHES, THOMAS=, Corpl., No. 2117, 5th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.
(T.F.), _s._ of Samuel Riches, of Waldron, Sussex, by his wife,
Louisa, dau. of David Rolph, of Cambridge; _b._ Clerkenwell, S.E.,
25 Jan. 1887; educ. Waldron, Sussex; was a Bricklayer; volunteered and
enlisted, Sept. 1914; went to France, 19 Feb. 1915, and was killed in
action at Richebourg, 9 May following; _unm._
=RICKARD, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7254), S.S.
102184, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RICKMAN, STUART HAMILTON=, Major, 1st Battn. The Rifle Brigade
(The Prince Consort’s Own), _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Albert
Divett Rickman, Rifle Brigade (with which he served 24 years), by his
wife, Helen Burns-Fulton (now wife of Edward Dunn, of Childrey Manor,
Wantage); _b._ Chatham, 11 May, 1872; educ. Eton; was gazetted to
his father’s old regt. from the Militia on 29 Nov. 1893, became Lieut.
18 March, 1896, Capt. 27 July, 1900, and Major 16 Dec. 1911; served on
the N.W. Frontier of India (Tochi medal with clasp), 1897–8, and in
the South African War, 1899–1900, including the Relief of Ladysmith,
the action at Colenso; operations of 17 to 24 Jan. 1900, and action at
Spion Kop; operations of 5 to 7 Feb. 1900, and action at Val Kranz;
operations on Tugela Heights (14 to 27 Feb. 1900), and the engagement
at Pieter’s Hill; also during the operations in Natal, March to 22
April of that year (twice mentioned in despatches [London Gazette, 8
Feb. and 10 Sept. 1901], (Queen’s medal with three clasps). He was
subsequently employed with the West African Frontier Force (25 May,
1907, to 23 Nov. 1908), and in India; came home on leave from the 2nd
Battn. in May, 1914, and on the outbreak of war was appointed second
in command of the 1st Battn., with which he went to France on 21 Aug.
During the retreat from Mons he was mortally wounded in the Cambray Le
Cateau action on 26 Aug. while in command of the rearguard, and died
the next day and was buried at Fontaine-au-Pire; _unm._ Gen. ...
wrote to a friend: “None saw Major Rickman dead. He was dangerously
wounded gallantly commanding the rearguard of our retirement on the
afternoon of 26 Aug. and he was left, of course, where he fell.... By
his excellent arrangements in placing his companies, and by his quiet
confident manner in command of the supports to the most dangerous and
important parts of our line, he did more than anyone to enable us to
maintain our positions in that part of our line. I put him first in the
list of officers mentioned in my report of the battle that day”; and
a Staff Officer wrote: “The Rifle Brigade did splendidly, and Major
Rickman’s conduct was _magnificent_, but we could not expect
anything else from him. We brother officers have lost a fine soldier
and the regt. has sustained a terrible loss and a real friend. One
consolation is he fell fighting in the ranks of the regt. he loved so
well. He will live in the annals of the regt.” He was mentioned for
gallant and distinguished service in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
despatches of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914 and 14 Jan. [London
Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915].
[Illustration: =Stuart Hamilton Rickman.=]
=RIDDELL, JAMES FOSTER=, Brigadier-Gen., Commanding Northumberland
Infantry Brigade, late 5th Northumberland Fusiliers, only _s._
of the late John Riddell [5th in descent from the Rev. Archibald
Riddell, 3rd _s._ of Sir Walter Riddell, 2nd Bart. of Riddell,
co. Roxburgh], by his first wife, Jane, dau. of William Peppercorn;
_b._ 17 Oct. 1861; educ. Wellington and Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut. 1 July, 1881, Capt. 18 Nov. 1889, Major 10 Jan. 1900,
Lieut.-Col. 15 Aug. 1904, Col. 15 Aug. 1907, substantive Col. 10 Feb.
1909, Brigadier commanding Northumberland Infantry Brigade, 3 July,
1911, and Brigadier-Gen. 5 Aug. 1914; served in the Hazara Campaign
of 1888 (mentioned in despatches, medal with clasp); in the South
African War, 1899–1900 and 1902, including the operations in Cape
Colony, south of the Orange River, 1899–1900, and in the Orange Free
State Jan. to May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps), and with
the Expeditionary Force in France, 21–26 April, 1915. During the South
African War he raised the 3rd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (which
he afterwards commanded), and on the battn. being disbanded after the
war, was given the command of the 2nd Battn. with whom he finished his
term of command in the regt. having served with it for about 30 years.
His next command was in 1911 when he was made Brigade Commander of
the Northumberland Infantry Brigade. On the outbreak of war in 1914
he was one of the first colonels to be gazetted Brigadier-General.
Throughout the winter of 1914–15, Gen. Riddell guarded the important
part of the north-east coast behind which lay the vast military
resources of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and he further prepared his Brigade
for service abroad. On the night of 20–21 April he crossed with his
Brigade to France, and on 26 April--not a week later--was killed in the
Second Battle of Ypres. It had been intended, as are, of course, all
large units at first to quarter the Northumberland Brigade at a base
in France. Billets were actually taken, but on the 22nd the Germans
delivered their first gas attack and the Brigade was rushed up in all
haste to help to fill the great gap torn in our line. By Sunday, after
a forced night march without food or rest, except the men’s emergency
rations, the Brigade was in touch with the enemy. All that day and the
night before, Gen. Riddell was moving about among his men where the
fire was hottest, inspiring the men with his extraordinary cheerfulness
and absolute coolness. Men and officers alike speak of his example of
absolute fearlessness. Next day, April 26, orders were received at
Brigade Headquarters that the Brigade was to attack and retake at all
costs the village of St. Julien--a frontal attack over open ground
swept by fire of all kinds. At about three o’clock, Gen. Riddell
decided he must go forward into the firing line. His Brigade Major did
all that he could to stop him, as in that officer’s words, “There was
a very murderous fire going on over the ground he had to cross. But he
was much too brave a man to be deterred by anything I said.” He reached
his men, and wearing the marks of his rank exposed to every sniper, he
stepped out before them, a stick in his hand. An eyewitness wrote: “It
was only a question of time.” The bullet entered the cap close to the
fatally conspicuous gilt flap, and Gen. Riddell fell, killed apparently
instantaneously. Field-Marshal Sir John French afterwards addressed
the Brigade (depleted within a week from leaving England of more than
half its officers and men), and speaking of Gen. Riddell, said: “He
fell at the head of his Brigade while leading you to attack the village
of St. Julien. I deeply deplore the loss of one of the most gallant
officers that ever lived and one of the best leaders.” He _m._
at St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, 17 April, 1912, Margaret Christabel
(Lesbury House, Lesbury, R.S.O., Northumberland), dau. of the late
Sir Henry Hall Scott, well known in Northumberland and of Eilanreach,
co. Inverness. An old brother officer, who had known Gen. Riddell all
his life wrote in the “Regimental Gazette”: “Throughout his life he
was a master soldier, no finer company officer ever lived or one who
understood his men better ... no truer hearted or more loyal comrade
ever breathed. Always a fine horseman and a very bold one, he was well
known in the Cattistock country and in all the hunting fields of the
Northumberland he knew and loved so well.”
[Illustration: =James Foster Riddell.=]
=RIDDLE, ERNEST ALFRED=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9548),
296897, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RIDDLE, FRANCIS EDMUND LANGTON=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn.
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., 2nd surviving _s._ of
the Rev. Arthur Esmond Riddle, Rector of Tadmarton, Banbury, by his
wife, Edith May, dau. of Major-Gen. James Don Kennedy, I.A. (ret.);
_b._ Tadmarton Rectory, Banbury, co. Oxon, 10 June, 1893; educ.
Bloxham; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Special Reserve of Officers Oxfordshire
and Buckinghamshire L.I., 1 Oct. 1913; received a commission in the
2nd Battn. 1 Sept. 1914; was assistant recruiting officer at Cowley
Barracks, Oxford, for two months, doing useful work during that
period; went to France, 25 Nov.; was continuously in and out of the
trenches (save for a brief leave, 20–28 March) during the winter of
1914–15, and was killed in action at Richebourg l’Avoué during the
Battle of Festubert, 16 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried near breastworks
N. of the Rue du Bois. His former commanding officer wrote: “He gave
his life--fighting gallantly--for his King and Country, and helping
to add to the reputation of the regt. with all his might. They, for
their part, have lost a brave, cheery gentleman, and one who, from my
experience when he was under my command, found no duty too much for
him, and whose one idea was to help”; and a brother subaltern: “He will
be missed by his company and men more than I can say, who always relied
on him and looked up to him in any emergency. The regt. will miss him
as an extremely brave officer, and still more as a friend that was
always willing to help.” While at school he was successful athlete,
winning the Sports Championship both in 1910 and 1911.
[Illustration: =Francis Edmund L. Riddle.=]
=RIDER, JOB ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7963), 292920,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RIDGEWAY, LEONARD PERCY=, Corpl., No. 14404, 1st Battn. The
Bedfordshire Regt., 4th _s._ of William Ridgeway, of 83, Queen’s
Road, Watford, Grocer, by his wife, Millicent, dau. of J. Davis,
of Watford; _b._ Watford, co. Hertford, 9 Aug. 1893; educ.
Victoria Council Schools there; was a Butcher by trade; enlisted in
the Bedfordshires after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at
Dovercourt; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action at
Hill 60, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 18 April, 1915; _unm._
Buried at Ypres. His brother, Rifleman R. S. Ridgeway, was killed in
action 27 Feb. 1915 (see following notice).
=RIDGEWAY, RALPH STANLEY=, Rifleman, No. 2879, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of William
Ridgeway, of 83, Queen’s Road, Watford, Grocer; by his wife, Millicent,
dau. of J. Davis, of Watford; _b._ Watford, co. Hertford, 26 Feb.
1895; educ. Watford Grammar School; was a Clerk in the Accountant’s
Office, Euston Station; joined Queen Victoria’s Rifles on the outbreak
of war in Aug. 1914; trained at Crowborough, Sussex; went to France
end of Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Wulverghem, 27 Feb.
1915; _unm._ Buried in Wulverghem Churchyard. His brother, Corpl.
L. P. Ridgeway, was killed in action at Hill 60, 18 April, 1915 (see
preceding notice).
=RIDGLEY, THOMAS ANGUS=, Driver, No. 4/232A, No. 1 Coy., Royal
Field Engineers, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the
late Thomas Ridgley, of Townsville, Queensland, M.B.C.M. (Edinburgh,
1881), by his wife, Phœbe (13, Warrender Park Crescent, Edinburgh),
dau. of Angus Gregorson, of Oban, Argyleshire, Banker; _b._
Townsville aforesaid, 23 March, 1884; educ. George Watson’s College,
Edinburgh; went to the Argentine in Aug. 1906, and at the time war was
declared in Aug. 1914, was managing an estancia in Entre Rios; returned
to England at the end of Oct., and joined the New Zealanders; went
with them to Egypt; proceeded to the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and
died 26 May following, of wounds received in action there; _unm._
Buried there. His Capt. wrote: “I feel I cannot pass over the death of
Driver Ridgley without telling you how much we all appreciated him as
a member of our company, and how keenly we feel the loss his death has
caused us. He was one of our best. Though a driver he came ashore to do
sapper’s work. Horses being of no use here, drivers were temporarily
not required, and he wanted to be of use.”
[Illustration: =Thomas Angus Ridgley.=]
=RIDGWAY, ISAAC ALTHORP=, M.Sc., A.M.I.C.E., Lieut., 6th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, yst. _s._ of Thomas Joseph Ridgway,
of Wildersmoor, Lymm, Cheshire, J.P., Registrar of Warrington County
Court, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Robert Dawbarn; _b._ Lymm, 24
Aug. 1886; educ. Mostyn House School, Parkgate, Brighton College, and
Victoria University; was articled as a pupil to Mr. Anthony G. Lyster,
Engineer-in-Chief of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board in 1907, and in
1913 was appointed Government Engineer for Queensland in the Federal
Lighthouse Service. When the European War broke out in Aug. 1914 he was
in the extreme north of Queensland, and with great difficulty obtained
permission to volunteer for Imperial service with the Commonwealth
Imperial Force. He was given a commission in the 6th Battn. in Dec.;
left for Egypt, Jan.; went to the Dardanelles, April, 1915, and died
at sea 12 May following, from wounds received in action during the
advance on Krithia on the 8th; _unm._ Letters from the Gen., and
many officers, speak of his great courage and wonderful bravery, and of
his power with the men, and state how greatly his death was deplored by
one and all. He became M.Sc. in 1910, and A.M.I.C.E. in 1911, and was a
member of several Engineering and Geological Societies both at home and
abroad.
[Illustration: =Isaac Althorp Ridgway.=]
=RIGBY, ERNEST=, Corpl., No. 28519. R.E. Motor Cyclists, 3rd
Signal Coy., attd. 15th Hussars, yr. _s._ of John Rigby, of
Greenheys, Aigburth, Liverpool, Cotton Broker, by his late wife, Janie,
dau. of the late I. Powell, of Liverpool; _b._ 17 Nov. 1888; educ.
Liverpool College High School; was established in business in London as
a Merchant; but volunteered his services as a motor scout and express
rider, 5 Aug., the day following the declaration of war; went to France
early in Sept.; proceeded to the firing line, 15 Oct., attd. to the
A Squadron, 15th Hussars, and was killed in action at Veldoek, near
Ypres, 12 Nov. following, being shot through the heart; _unm._
Buried there in the garden of a ruined chateau. He wrote only three
days before that his commanding officer had offered him a commission.
The Sergt.-Major of A Squadron, 15th Hussars, who first announced his
death wrote offering the sympathy of the officers, non-commissioned
officers, and men, and added: “He had won the esteem of us all by his
pluck, unassuming manner, and the happy knack he had of overcoming
every hardship with a smile, and he died as he had lived through the
campaign, bravely, for whenever or whatever danger threatened he was
always a volunteer, and had done splendid work as a cyclist on many an
occasion.”
[Illustration: =Ernest Rigby.=]
=RIGG, JOHN=, Private, No. 12821, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
eldest _s._ of George Rigg, of Milford Lodge, Cloghans Hill,
Tuam, and Race Park, Headford, co. Galway, Clog Block Manufacturer, by
his wife, Martha Ann, dau. of Richard Blackburn; _b._ Outgate,
Hawkeshead, co. Lancaster, 25 July, 1887; educ. Hawkeshead School and
privately; was a Clog Block maker; enlisted 18 Sept. 1914; went to
the Front, 7 April, 1915; was mortally wounded at Cambrin, 11 July,
1915, by a shell while on sentry duty, and died in No. 3 British
Military Hospital, Le Treport, France, 9 Aug. following; _unm._
He was buried in the British Military Cemetery, Le Treport. Capt. Byng
Hopwood wrote to a friend: “I went on to the second battn. yesterday
and inquired about Private John Rigg. He was in the trenches with his
company at Cambrin and was on sentry, when a German shell exploded in
the trench, killing two of his comrades and seriously wounding him. I
know those trenches well, and in some places you are only 15 yards from
the Germans. Rigg was popular with his comrades and always did his duty
willingly and well. I wish there were more like him.”
[Illustration: =John Rigg.=]