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Paternal Family Tree: Ridley of Park End, Northumberland
On 24th December 1884 Captain Charles Noel Ridley was born to John H Ridley (age 35) at Wellborn, Northumberland.
In 1904 [his father] John H Ridley (age 55) died.
In 1904 Captain Charles Noel Ridley (age 19) began his education at Jesus College, Cambridge University where he spent two years.
In 1906 Captain Charles Noel Ridley (age 21) was commissioned into the army in 1906 and had retired as a Lieutenant in 1914.
In September 1907 Captain Charles Noel Ridley (age 22) and Daphne Bewicke (age 20) were married.
On October 1914 Captain Charles Noel Ridley (age 29) was part of the 7th division that landed in France to join the defence of Ypres having re-joined the army at the outbreak of war.
In January 1915 Captain Charles Noel Ridley (age 30) was promoted to Captain.
On 7th October 1915 Captain Charles Noel Ridley (age 30) died at St Omer having been mortally wounded on 29 Sep 1915. He was survived by his wife [his wife] Daphne Bewicke (age 28) and their three daughters. "The History of the Northumberland (Hussars) Yeomanry, 1819 – 1919 with Supplement to 1923" Edited by Howard Pease M.A., F.S.A. Printed by Constable & Co. Ltd. London 1924. On page 114 of the volume there is the following reference: September 30th [1915] – Most unfortunately Captain C.N. Ridley was killed, and about fourteen other ranks were wounded, whilst burying about forty men just behind "Gun Trench". He was buried at Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery, St Omer, France.
Daphne Bewicke: On 10th February 1887 she was born to Calverley Bewicke of Close House, Northumberland in Torquay, Devon. In September 1907 Captain Charles Noel Ridley and she were married. In 1918 Hall Grant Pringle and she were married in Brampton, Cumberland. On 23rd April 1947 she died in Whitby, Yorkshire.
After 7th October 1915. St Mungo's Church, Simonburn [Map]. Memorial and window to Captain Charles Noel Ridley (deceased)
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Morpeth Herald 15/10/1915 carries a brief obituary: Capt. Charles Noel Ridley (deceased), of Park End, Northumberland, who went to France with the Northumberland Hussars in October, 1914, died of wounds in France on Oct. 7th.
The Scotsman 03/11/1915 reports: "Former Glenalmond Student Dies Of Wounds. Captain Charles Noel Ridley (deceased), Northumberland Hussars , who died on October 7 of wounds , was born on December 24th 1884 and obtained his commission in 1906. He was made Lieutenant in 1911, and retired in May 1914, but re-joined at the outbreak of the war, and became Temporary Captain in January 1915."
In 1918 Hall Grant Pringle and [his former wife] Daphne Bewicke (age 30) were married in Brampton, Cumberland.
On 23rd April 1947 [his former wife] Daphne Bewicke (age 60) died in Whitby, Yorkshire.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Ridley of Park End
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Ridley of Park End
GrandFather: John Matthew Ridley
Father: John H Ridley