RIDDETT, Arthur Stanley

Tyne Cot Memorial, BelgiumCredit: CWGC

Private
1st Battalion
Devonshire Regiment

Arthur was born 1892 in Newport to Frank & Julia Ann (nee HAMILTON) RIDDETT of 27 Hunnyhill, Newport. In 1901 the family had lived at 66 Worsley Road, Newport.

Arthur, aged 26, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 4th of October 1917. Arthur’s body was never recovered or identified & so he is commemorated by the Commission on the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium together with 34,968 of his missing First World War comrades.

Arthur is also remembered on the County & Newport War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.