Young Ridley – Grey – North Eastern Railway – Private – 17/05/1915

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Title

Young Ridley – Grey – North Eastern Railway – Private – 17/05/1915

Initials / forenames

Young Ridley

Surname

Grey

Railway company

North Eastern Railway

Military unit

Durham Light Infantry, 1st/9th Battalion

Military rank

Private

Military number

2488

Railway department

Gateshead, Engineering Signalling Department

Railway job

Fitter

Date died

17/05/1915

Magazine reference

North Eastern Railway Magazine, July 1915, p155

Memorial

Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery

Notes

Age 30, son of James & Barbara Grey of 45 Beaufort St, Gateshead. Had worked for the NER for 13 years. He enlisted on 5 September 1914 and left for the front on 19 April 1915. He was shot through the heart by a sniper while leaving one of the trenches near Ypres.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; North Eastern Railway Magazine; Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Date entered

11/04/2016

Last updated

11/04/2016

Citation

“Young Ridley – Grey – North Eastern Railway – Private – 17/05/1915,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/55119.