W. Ridley
Tyneside Scottish Badge
Derek Johnstone has provided the following:
William Ridley was born in 1893 at Bedlington; he was the son of Francis Anne (nee Craze, born in London) and William Ridley who was a coal hewer, born at Bedlington. In 1901 William was eight years old and the family was living at Old Colliery Row, Bedlington which was situated at the East end of the town. In the house were siblings Richard, aged nine, Frances Ann, aged, eight and Robert, three months.
In 1911, he was 18 years old and still living with his parents and six siblings at Coach Road Bedlington. At this time there were nine people living in two rooms at the property. The census describes his job as working in the coal mines as a ‘dragging up at pit shape below’!
William enlisted at Bedlington when living at Coach Road and there is no evidence to show he was married. His Effects went to his father William Ridley.
William Ridley is remembered in Bedlington on B15.02, B15.06, B15.20 and B15.26 page 20
